Child Soldiers In Uganda Research Paper
Legal Studies Assessment – Human Rights
Child Soldiers in Uganda
Child Soldiers in the Uganda
Human rights are the basic rights that allow human beings to live with dignity. These rights are inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, nationality/ethnicity, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. Universal human rights are often expressed through law, in the forms of treaties, international laws, general principles and other sources of international law. International human rights law sets responsibilities of Governments to act …show more content…
Children can take direct part in warfare (child soldiers) (see Appendix 1), or they can be used in support roles (porters, spies, messengers, look outs) or they can be used for political advantage either as human shields or in propaganda. In Uganda children are being used as soldiers in all these areas especially since the beginning of the war between Joseph Kony’s LRA (Lords Resistance Army) and the Ugandan …show more content…
They were hosted by Juba, Sudan (now South Sudan), and dubbed the Juba Peace Talks. In August of 2006 a Cessation of Hostilities agreement was signed by the LRA and the government of Uganda. The peace talks took place over the course of two years. Joseph Kony sent a representative to participate on his behalf, but when the Final Peace Agreement was ready to be signed, Joseph Kony constantly postponed the date or failed to show up.
Combined Effort: In December 2008, when it was clear that Kony wasn’t going to sign the agreement, Operation Lightning Thunder was launched. This was the coordinated attempt of Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, and Sudan, with intelligence and logistical support from the United States, to capture Kony and his commanders. However the operation failed. Joseph Kony learned of the attack hours before the air-raid and he was able to escape. In revenge for the attempted attack, the LRA, lead by Dominic Ongwen, attacked villages in the DR Congo on December 24, 2008, killing 865 civilians and abducting 160 more children over the course of 2 weeks. Again a year later in north eastern Congo the LRA struck again, this time they killed 321 people and abducted a further 250 children.
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Child Soldiers in Uganda
Child Soldiers in the Uganda
Human rights are the basic rights that allow human beings to live with dignity. These rights are inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, nationality/ethnicity, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. Universal human rights are often expressed through law, in the forms of treaties, international laws, general principles and other sources of international law. International human rights law sets responsibilities of Governments to act …show more content…
Children can take direct part in warfare (child soldiers) (see Appendix 1), or they can be used in support roles (porters, spies, messengers, look outs) or they can be used for political advantage either as human shields or in propaganda. In Uganda children are being used as soldiers in all these areas especially since the beginning of the war between Joseph Kony’s LRA (Lords Resistance Army) and the Ugandan …show more content…
They were hosted by Juba, Sudan (now South Sudan), and dubbed the Juba Peace Talks. In August of 2006 a Cessation of Hostilities agreement was signed by the LRA and the government of Uganda. The peace talks took place over the course of two years. Joseph Kony sent a representative to participate on his behalf, but when the Final Peace Agreement was ready to be signed, Joseph Kony constantly postponed the date or failed to show up.
Combined Effort: In December 2008, when it was clear that Kony wasn’t going to sign the agreement, Operation Lightning Thunder was launched. This was the coordinated attempt of Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, and Sudan, with intelligence and logistical support from the United States, to capture Kony and his commanders. However the operation failed. Joseph Kony learned of the attack hours before the air-raid and he was able to escape. In revenge for the attempted attack, the LRA, lead by Dominic Ongwen, attacked villages in the DR Congo on December 24, 2008, killing 865 civilians and abducting 160 more children over the course of 2 weeks. Again a year later in north eastern Congo the LRA struck again, this time they killed 321 people and abducted a further 250 children.
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