XI. AcknowledgementsThis report was researched by Maria Burnett, Burundi researcher at Human Rights Watch and Tony Tate, former researcher in the Children’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch. Students in the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Law Clinic at Yale Law School provided invaluable legal research. Patrick Vinck at the Berkeley-Tulane Initiative on Vulnerable Populations generously provided the statistical analysis and graphs. This report was written by Maria Burnett and edited by Alison Des Forges, Senior Advisor to the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch and Tony Tate, former researcher in the Children’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch. The report was reviewed by Andrew Mawson, Deputy Program Director and Aisling Reidy, Senior Legal Advisor at Human Rights Watch. Sarah Jackson and Beth Wolfram, associates in the Africa Division, provided invaluable production assistance. Andrea Holley, publications director, provided production coordination. Françoise Denayer translated this report into French. Human Rights Watch extends its gratitude the many children who shared their stories with us. We are also grateful to the Director General of Penitentiary Affairs, and the prison directors for allowing us access to the prison facilities and speaking with us, as well as to the members of the office of the prosecutor and judges. We are also grateful to the monitors of the Ligue Iteka and APRODH for their assistance in the field and the ONUB/BINUB human rights monitors who discussed this research with us. Human Rights Watch is grateful to ICCO and Misereor for funding its work in Burundi. |