Child Soldiers International

Closed on 7 June 2019. We worked to end all recruitment, use and exploitation of children by armed forces and groups. Follow @ChildSoldiers and @CRINwire

[Child Soldiers International @ChildSoldiersIn]

To partners and friends from all of us at Child Soldiers International - it was an honour working with you towards a world where no child is recruited for war. It's up to all of you to take this fight forward. Farewell and onwards! https://t.co/4TPVb2QVdM @ChildSoldiers @CRINwire

[Shelly Whitman @drshellywhitman]

Farewell to an amazing and committed team. We will carry on this incredibly important fight to end @ChildSoldiers because we owe it to humanity to do better for our children. It is possible to live in a world where the use of children as soldiers becomes unthinkable.

[Alison Wallace @alisonw_ECFR]

@ChildSoldiersIn was always a small organisation, but we punched way above our weight. With thanks to @ChildSoldiers and @CRINwire the work will continue. No child should ever be recruited for conflict.

[Veronique Aubert @Veroaubert]

Such an honour to have collaborated with the fantastic @ChildSoldiersIn over the last 19 years. So proud of the team and impressed by the many achievements that helped raise awareness on children’s recruitment & use and facilitate impactful prevention strategies #CSIachievements

[Child Rights International Network - CRIN @CRINwire]

“While we are sad to see the closure of @ChildSoldiersIn we are eager to continue the excellent work they have done to stop the UK’s armed forces recruiting children and change the UK’s deeply flawed standards, which do nothing to protect children” - @veroyates @CRINwire Director

[Together 🧡 @together_sacr]

We're sorry to see @ChildSoldiersIn close its doors today. Thank you for the tireless commitment, passion & energy you've shown over the past 21 years 🔥

It's now up to @CRINwire @ChildSoldiers, supported by orgs like @together_sacr & members to make sure this work continues!

[Child Soldiers International @ChildSoldiersIn]

While our global children and armed conflict work is taken over by @ChildSoldiers, we are pleased to announce that our campaign against the UK’s enlistment of children will be continued by @CRINwire. We know the campaign will thrive under their leadership! https://t.co/TXv4Sq90N6

[Child Soldiers International @ChildSoldiersIn]

We are thrilled our global work to prevent child recruitment and use will be taken over by @ChildSoldiers. Like us, they believe prevention is better than cure. We are proud that our work and legacy continues through their hard-working and passionate team https://t.co/ISRGzlCS9d

[Jo Becker @jobeckerhrw]

Good news: The Romeo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative is taking over the programs of Child Soldiers International, including the Child Soldiers World Index and prevention/reintegration programs in DRC and South Sudan. @ChildSoldiersIn @ChildSoldiers https://t.co/Pf94mVEHKe

[Child Soldiers International @ChildSoldiersIn]

@ChildSoldiers We're thrilled that the Child Soldiers World Index will be taken forward by @ChildSoldiers so that it can develop into an even more helpful resource for global child protection actors!

[Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace & Security @DallaireInst]

Today the Dallaire Initiative will officially take over @ChildSoldiersIn's int'l programs as they prepare to close their doors on June 7th. We are honoured to carry forward these projects, and we thank CSI for what they've done as champions for children. See full press release:

[Child Soldiers International @ChildSoldiersIn]

We have worked with our #Congo partners for 15+ years. Recently, together we spotlighted the often overlooked involvement of girls in armed groups and developed a reintegration Practical Guide - using the testimony of the girls' themselves #CSIachievements https://t.co/QNw7szE7qO

[Child Soldiers International @ChildSoldiersIn]

As we prepare to say goodbye to Child Soldiers International, we will be highlighting some of our key achievements over the last 21 years. Starting today, with one of our crowning achievements – the adoption of the #childsoldier treaty, OPAC. #CSIachievements

[Child Soldiers International @ChildSoldiersIn]

We're incredibly proud of our Child Soldiers World Index and are thrilled that it will continue with @ChildSoldiers. A unique online resource, the World Index maps the global picture on child recruitment practices, laws and policies: https://t.co/4Ia4CWgYJ7 #CSIachievements

[Child Soldiers International @ChildSoldiersIn]

In order to preserve the integrity of the children and armed conflict agenda, we and 20 other NGOs urge Secretary-General @antonioguterres publish a complete
and accurate list of perpetrators of grave violations against children in his upcoming annual report.

[Watchlist @1612Watchlist]

All perpetrators should be held to the same standard, and Secretary-General @antonioguterres should list all parties that violate children's rights, said a group of 21 NGOs in a letter this week. #NotATarget https://t.co/Qd2KXuXDpM

[Watchlist @1612Watchlist]

.@GCPEAtweets report further supports research conducted by @ChildSoldiersIn in Eastern #DRC, which found girls faced extreme hardships after their release from armed groups, including difficulties accessing #education. #SafeSchools https://t.co/m11IZp5UtL

[GCPEA Secretariat @GCPEAtweets]

In the Kasai conflict in #DRC, violence affected all children, but girls were particularly harmed, used as “magical” forces that would ward off bullets despite being unarmed, and raped and forcibly “married” to troops: https://t.co/H4W1LuQC0V

[Leyre Guijo @laleyro]

Los miles de niños soldado que hay en el mundo se quedarán un poco más solos y con una voz menos que defienda sus derechos a partir del 7 de junio con la desaparición de @ChildSoldiersIn. Triste noticia https://t.co/hnUUclffxj

[Lindsey Hutchison @lindseyrights]

Hear hear. Thank you to the wonderful people at @ChildSoldiersIn who committed themselves to shining necessary light on the recruitment, use, & exploitation of children in armed groups, & bettering our understanding of the lasting impact on children. You will truly be missed.

[CAC Accountability @ChildrenCDI]

Conflict Dynamics is very disappointed to hear that @ChildSoldiersIn will no longer be joining us in the fight for accountability for crimes committed against children in armed conflict. Thank you for all that you have done over the last decade to protect children during war.