Children,Torture and Power: The torture of children by states and armed opposition groups
A call to the international community to place the torture of children onto the international human rights agenda and start combating this deep rooted problem.
December, 2000
Children, Torture and Power shows how children in countries all over the world are being subjected to torture and ill treatment at the hands of their own governments and armed opposition groups.
Drawing on documentary evidence from the UN, inter-governmental bodies as well as a wide range of NGOs, this report identifies the following factors which increase the child’s vulnerability to torture and ill-treatment:
● conflict with the law
● poverty
● discrimination (for example ethnicity, religion, gender, social origin, birth etc.)
● family associations
● political activism
● involvement in armed conflict.
The report also considers:
● the international definition of torture and problems in its application to children
● the effects of torture on children
● mechanisms which exist to protect children from torture
A series of concrete recommendations are put forward for governments, inter-governmental agencies and NGOs, and donors.
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