International recommendation

Children in armed conflict

Issue date:
Human rights body:
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Themes:
Access to healthcareMental health
Populations of concern:
Asylum seekers and refugeesChildren
Relevant CRC articles:
Art. 22 – Refugee childrenArt. 38 – Armed conflictArt. 39 – Recovery from trauma and reintegration
Source:
CRC/C/NOR/CO/5-6, para. 37

Recommended measures (4)

37. While noting with appreciation the State party’s efforts to implement the Committee’s recommendations from 2007 on the State party’s report under the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict (CRC/C/OPAC/NOR/CO/1), the Committee recommends that the State party:

Measure
Measure type:
Laws and regulations
Responsible Ministry:
Ministry of Defence

(a) Raise the minimum age of volunteers joining the Home Guard from 16 years of age to 18 years of age.

Measure
Measure type:
Training and capacity building
Responsible Ministry:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

(b) Provide systematic and recurrent training on the Optional Protocol for all relevant professional groups working with and for children.

Measure
Measure types:
Policies, strategies, and action plansInstitutions, practices and guidelines
Responsible Ministry:
Ministry of Justice and Public Security

(c) Take appropriate bilateral measures to follow up on asylum-seeking children who have been recruited or used in hostilities and returned from Norway to their home countries.

Measure
Measure type:
Policies, strategies, and action plans
Responsible Ministries:
Ministry of Justice and Public SecurityMinistry of Health and Care Services

(d) Identify children who have been recruited or used in hostilities who are residing in the State party and provide them with adequate support and supervision, as well as adequate psychological and psychiatric care.