Explosive Weapons and the Children and Armed Conflict Agenda

In addition to direct harms to children caused by are among the leading causes of the killing and explosive weapons, the use of these weapons in maiming of children in armed conflict. [...] Explosive Weapons and the Children and Armed Conflict Agenda 3 IMPACT OF EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT The dangers posed to children by explosive weapons have long been acknowledged, including from the very beginning of the UN’s CAAC agenda. [...] Explosive weapons are a leading The Office of the Special Representative of the and persistent cause of the killing and maiming of Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict’s children. [...] Explosive Weapons and the Children and Armed Conflict Agenda 17 EFFORTS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS ON CHILDREN The increasing visibility of civilian harm caused by explosive weapons, particularly in populated areas, has resulted in a number of initiatives to mitigate this harm over the past decade. [...] 97 This includes, for example: the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict (OPAC); the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction; the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed t.