#ChildrenWar16: @AsyaDarbinyan & Panos Diamadis panel on #ArmenianGenocide #orphans, #NearEastRelief.

#ChildrenWar16 w/#intcrimlaw #women #ICC Gloria Atiba-Davies,Johanna Nowakowska @PLUSUniSalzburg #womenalsoknowstuff

#ChildrenWar16 @riggleSL: #UNICEF uses local NGOs in its #reintegration work w/#children & #armedConflict #DDR

#ChildrenWar16 @riggleSL: b4 2014 made good progress w/#SouthSudan #govt on #children #armedConflict violations but new conflict horrific

#ChildrenWar16 @riggleSL: #DDR disparate, difficult processes varying globally; #SRSG #chilldren & #ArmedConflict works 2 reintegrate kids

#ChildrenWar16 @riggleSL: please advocate w/ur #Govt to enlarge staff in office of #SRSG #children & #ArmedConflict, only 12 staff!

#ChildrenWar16 @riggleSL: range of reasons y #terrorism attractive incl disenfranchisement; #SRSG #Children looks at kids caught up in that

#ChildrenWar16 @riggleSL: #SRSG on #children & #armedConflict doing advocacy on emergencies, e.g. #education for #refugee kids

#ChildrenWar16 @riggleSL: #UN #SG has pushed for mainstreaming of #Peacekeeper #SEA issue, not just 4 #DPKO, #CDU or #DFS anymore.

#ChildrenWar16 @riggleSL: Office of #SRSG for #children & #armedConflict has helped 1000s of kids, incl demobilisation & reintegration

#ChildrenWar16 @riggleSL: #ChildSoldiers norm is u/18, exceptions #USA, #Canada, #UK, #France w/caveat that u/18 don't go to conflict.

#ChildrenWar16 @BedeOnKidRights: Monitoring & reporting mechanism on #children & #armedConflict 1 of most important actions 2 produce change

#ChildrenWar16 @riggleSL: #Colombia #peace process incl release of #children from #FARC.

#ChildrenWar16 @riggleSL: conferences promote cross-fertilisation btwn #UN & #academia; studies needed 4 best practice 4 child protection

#ChildrenWar16: keynote @riggleSL: #childrennotsoldiers campaign success #Sudan, #DRC, #CAR, #Myanmar, #SouthSudan

#ChildrenWar16: Taking opportunity to promote my forthcoming #book on #peacekeepers, #SEA & domestic #CriminalLaw

#ChildrenWar16: My presentation on domestic states' inability to prosecute their #Peacekeepers 4 #SEA. #law #UN

#ChildrenWar16 Atiba-Davies: Irrespective of whether child is aware of his or her rights, #ChildRights should be respected. #humanRights

#ChildrenWar16 @BedeOnKidRights: #Germany, #France, #USA & #Canada biggest opponents to #safeschools declaration. #IHL #armedconflict

#ChildrenWar16 @BedeOnKidRights: only 2% of Syrian kids in #Lebanon have access to secondary #education. How can we thus rebuild #Syria?

#ChildrenWar16 @BedeOnKidRights: #Afghanistan #Schools built by #NATO now being used by #military, #Security forces. #safeschools #IHL

#ChildrenWar16 @BedeOnKidRights: #safeschools declaration 4 protection of #schools & #unis in #armedConflict http://bit.ly/29vldQ3

Support for schools on the frontline of conflict: A prior... New report highlights ways to support school-based actors...

#ChildrenWar16 @BedeOnKidRights: Has your country signed the #safeschools Declaration? If not, #advocacy is needed! http://bit.ly/29Pk0RD

#ChildrenWar16 @BedeOnKidRights: #Military use of school leads 2 dropping out, & lower attendance, enrollment & transition; esp 4 #girls

#ChildrenWar16 @BedeOnKidRights: even when #military leaves #school dangers persist, e.g. ammunition, weapons left behind. #IHL #childRights

#ChildrenWar16 @BedeOnKidRights: #military using #schools risks #sexualHarassment & #rape for #girls in school. #childRights #IHL

#ChildrenWar16 @BedeOnKidRights: #IHL allows attack if enemy is in school; resulting in death of #children & teachers, destruction of school

#ChildrenWar16 @BedeOnKidRights: #military use of #schools 4 targeting, training, barracks. 26 countries military use of schools since 2005

#Childrenwar16 @BedeOnKidRights on @hrw work 2end #military use of #schools as barracks, obs point.#IHL #childRights

#conference hustle and bustle at lunchtime. #ChildrenWar16 @PLUSUniSalzburg #academia #academicsatwork