Living in Fear
Child Soldiers and the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka

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Glossary

I. Summary   

LTTE Recruitment and Use of Children Before the Cease-fire

LTTE Commitments and the Action Plan for Children Affected by War

Legal Standards

Note on Methodology

II. Recommendations   

To the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

To the Government of Sri Lanka

To the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

To the International Labor Organization (ILO)

To the Northeast Commission on Human Rights (NECOHR)

To the Government of Norway

To the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM)

To Donors (including Japan, the United States, the European Union, and Scandinavian countries)

To the Tamil Diaspora

To Governments of Countries with a Significant Tamil Diaspora (including Canada, Switzerland, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Scandinavia)

To the United Nations Security Council

To All United Nations Member States

III. Background

IV. LTTE Recruitment of Children During the Cease-Fire

V. Life in the LTTE for Child Soldiers

Basic Training

Contact with Family

Advanced Training

Punishment and Discipline

Combat

VI. LTTE Split and Release of Children

Deaths of Children During the April Fighting

Parents Demand Children’s Release

VII. Re-recruitment

Risk to Siblings

Fear of Attending School

Marriage

Vulnerability of Girls to Re-recruitment

Role of Parents in Resisting Recruitment

VIII. LTTE Commitments to End the Rescruitment and Use of Child Soldiers

IX. The LTTE’s Failure to Meet Its Commitments

X. The Action Plan for Children Affected by War

Transit Centers

Role of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization

Response to the Release of Karuna’s Forces

XI. The Role of UNICEF and the Future of the Action Plan

XII. Response by the National Government

XIII. The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission

XIV. International Donors

XV. International Legal Standards

UN Security Council Efforts to Achieve Compliance

Acknowledgements

Vol. 16, No. 13(C)   November 2004

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