No Place for Children: Child Recruitment, Forced Marriage, and Attacks on Schools in Somalia

Publication language
English
Pages
112pp
Date published
20 Feb 2012
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Children & youth, Conflict, violence & peace, Protection, human rights & security
Countries
Somalia
Organisations
Human Rights Watch

This 104-page report details unlawful recruitment and other laws-of-war violations against children by all parties to the conflict in Somalia since 2010. The report is based on over 164 interviews with Somali children, including 21 who had escaped from al-Shabaab forces, as well as parents and teachers who had fled to Kenya.