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Bringing
concise, up-to-date information to the public and policy-makers
on issues impacting youth throughout the world is a
primary activity of YAP International. In addition to
our booklet series, we provide reports and resource
papers which offer detail on specific core issue areas.
Introductory and overview information on these various
topics can be found throughout our website; please review
our issue summaries, glossary, course curriculum modules,
and our booklets.
Note:
To read the following resource papers, select link below
to get the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader software free
from Adobe.
Child Soldier Rehabilitation
December 2004
A brief country-by-country overview of the status of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration programs for former child soldiers around the world.
Click here to download the full report as a PDF file.
Street Children
December 2004
This report examines the lives of nearly 150 million children worldwide who are living on the streets. These children are among the most vulnerable to neglect, abuse, exploitation, torture, and death... often at the hands of the very individuals and institutions that are supposed to protect them.
Click here to download the full report as a PDF file.
Child Trafficking and Organized Crime
November 2004
This study investigates the role of organized crime in human trafficking, the third largest illicit industry in the world, and looks at how many trafficked girls and women are subjected to sexual exploitation.
Click here to download the full report as a PDF file.
Children
in Armed Conflict: How Girl Soldiers are Punished by
Their Past
October
2004
This report explores the unique role girls and women play in modern armed conflicts, how they are affected by armed conflict, and urges that they be included in reintegration processes.
Click
here to download the full report as a PDF file.
Global
Child Sex Tourism: Children as Tourist Attractions
September
2003
This study outlines the growing use of child prostitution as an inducement to travelers. Child sex tourism is a highly pervasive industry, though steps are being taken worldwide to eradicate it.
Click
here to download the full report as a PDF file.
Child
Labor in Nepal: Education Combating Unjust Labor
August
2004
This investigation discusses the prevalence of child labor in Nepal. The study illuminates the causes of child labor, and proposes education as an important step in eliminating this practice.
Click
here to download the full report as a PDF file.
Children and Torture
July 2004
This report uncovers the hidden practice of torturing children present in many areas of the world today. It explores the systematic use of violence against children for political and other reasons, and it looks at the use of torture in detention centers. Finally, it takes a brief look at the effects of torture on children.
Click here to download the full report as a PDF file.
Children as Refugees
June 2004
This report examines the controversial practice of detaining refugee children. It outlines some basic policies governing the treatment of refugees, details the failure of countries to comply with these policies, and documents some of the abuses faced by children in detention.
Click here to download the full report as a PDF file.
Juvenile
Justice Issues: Arguments Surrounding the Execution
of Youthful Offenders
September
2003
This report provides an introduction to the
debate in the United States surrounding the execution
of youth who commit crimes before reaching the age of
18. It is an exploration into the death penalty
for children in conflict with the law to accompany our
booklet Children Behind Bars: Youth Who Are Detained,
Incarcerated & Executed.
Click
here to download the full report as a PDF file.
Interview
With Jean-Robert Cadet - Restavek Child Slave
April 2003
This
interview is the first in a series of conversations
with former child slaves. These stories accompany our
booklet Modern Child Slavery: The Coercion and Exploitation
of Youth Worldwide and other materials produced
by YAP International to address the abusive practices
that make children vulnerable to slavery and to stimulate
the creation of protections for children in the emerging
global economy.
Click
here to download the interview as a PDF file in
English.
Cliquez
ici pour l'interview en français en fichier
PDF.
Special
Report on the Convention on the Rights of the Child
in the United States
October
2001
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here to download the full report as a PDF file.
Youth
Gangs: Members, Activities, Measures to Decrease Violence
Associated with Gangs
August 2001
Three articles about youth gangs are grouped together
to educate readers about the domestic and international
aspects of youth gang violence, community efforts to
prevent and decrease gang violence, and how gang organizing
was exported from the United States to El Salvador.
Click
here to download the full report as a PDF file.
Case
Studies on the Impact of Small Arms on War-Affected
Children
These studies were prepared for the UN Conference on
the Illicit Trade in Small Arms in All its Aspects
July
2001
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Cambodia: Pol Pot's Legacy of Violence
This study focuses on the impact of the Khmer Rouge's
genocidal conflict within Cambodia on children and the
long-term implications for Cambodian society. Click
here to download the full report as a PDF file.
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- Mozambique: The Battle Continues for Former
Child Soldiers
This study focuses on the use of child soldiers during
Mozambique's long civil war and the efforts made to
reintegrate former child soldiers since the conclusion
of the war.
Click
here to download the full report as a PDF file.
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- Colombia: No Safe Haven From War
This study examines the impact of small arms on children
as the violence has moved into Colombian society in
ever-expanding ripples from the political conflict to
issues of displacement, the drug trade and general crime.
Click
here to download the full report as a PDF file.
Risks
and Realities for Youth Living in the Age of AIDS
Fall
1999
Click
here to download the full report as a PDF file.
Special
Report on 100 Years of the Juvenile Justice System in
the United States
Spring 1999
Click
here to download the full report as a PDF file.
Children
for Sale: U.S. Youth Involved in Prostitution, Pornography
and Sex Trafficking
Summer 1998
Click
here to download the full report as a PDF file.
Unofficial
Summary of the Main Provisions of the UN Convention
on the Rights of the Child
Click
here to download the full report as a PDF file.
The
views and opinions stated in these reports and resource
papers do not necessarily reflect those of YAP International.
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Program International 2003-05
Last updated 12/30/2004
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