By Women and Child Rights Project
Children in southern Burma continue to suffer from grave human rights violations at the hands of Burma Army soldiers, reveals a new report from the Woman and Child Rights Project (WCRP) released today. The report provides data from cases over the last 6 years, illustrating that the Burmese government has failed to live up to its international obligations to protect children in situations of armed conflict.
The report, entitled “Coercion, Cruelty and Collateral Damage”, presents evidence of the recruitment and use of child soldiers, killing and maiming of children, rape and other forms of sexual violence against children, and the use of children as forced labor, all of which are prohibited under the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1612 on Children and Armed Conflict, passed in 2005.
“Despite the implementation of a monitoring and reporting mechanism, in accordance with Resolution 1612, we have found that abuses in Burma have continued unabated. It is completely unacceptable that the Burmese government continues to flout its international obligations,” said Nai Kasauh Mon, Director of the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM). read more
