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Posts Categorized: Child soldiers
November 20, 2013
by Esther Lee It is our joy to announce that this year, Cameroon (4 Feb 2013) and Zimbabwe (22 May 2013) ratified or acceded to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. The momentum continues to build. Thanks to all who participated…. Read more »
June 17, 2013
This was originally posted by the U.S. State Department. Thank you, Mr. President, for hosting today’s debate on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC). And thank you, Under-Secretary General Ladsous, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Brandt and Save the Children Associate Vice President Ramm for your remarks. We are also grateful to Ambassador Lucas for her leadership… Read more »
May 24, 2013
Why do followers of Jesus work in the public arena – that part of our life where communities and countries and corporations and the nations of the world make policies that shape our common life? What theological principles and Biblical stories call us to and sustain us in such ministry? How do we witness and… Read more »
January 15, 2013
‘Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.’ – Matthew 19:14 February 12, 2013 marks the eleventh anniversary of the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the… Read more »
January 13, 2013
On 18 December, Boy Scout Troop 351 from Shawnee, Kansas, joined the effort to end the use of children as soldiers around the world. Each member of the “Purple Chicken” Troop made a red hand print on purple (it is their color!) paper. They added a message of hope and peace. Thanks to the scouts… Read more »
January 2, 2013
From Chicago they came in mid-December, a bold crew sailing the pirate ship Revenge to adventures at Turtle Bay and nearby points of interest. They made anchor at Old Bergen Church in Jersey City and clambered aboard the local trains to make their way to their berth at Jan Hus Presbyterian Church. They spent two days… Read more »
December 2, 2012
UN Resources: Slavery Abolition Day Blue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking PC(USA) Resources: PC(USA) Human Trafficking Roundtable A Toolkit for Action Prayer: Prayer (Jer. 31:15-17 adapted) A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be… Read more »
November 13, 2012
Work to end the use of children as soldiersThe Red Hand Campaign calls for universal ratification and enforcement of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. The goal is for every country in the world to ratify the optional protocol by 2012,… Read more »
October 23, 2012
O God, who formed creation and made each living thing,We’ve seen the devastation that war and conflict bring.We long to stop the violence and end the scourge of war;We yearn for peace and justice, now and forevermore. O God Who Formed Creation by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette On Saturday, October 20, the Presbyterian Women of the… Read more »
October 12, 2012
As representatives of the Member States gathered for the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, several important events took place in the effort to create a world where children are children not soldiers: On 19 September 2012, the Security Council demanded that “parties to armed conflict which commit grave abuses against children, including… Read more »
