Research Handbook of Children and Armed Conflict

Front Matter
Copyright
Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgements
“How do we make up for lost time?”: Tackling current questions and realities of children during and following armed conflict
Part I Voices of young people impacted by armed conflict
1. “Days turned into nights, but we just kept on walking”
2. “What could have been had I not left my family?” Reflections on war, migration and family separation
Part II Approaches to children affected by armed conflict
3. Prioritizing prevention: the value of a locally led approach in supporting conflict-affected children
4. Participatory action research with youth displaced by war: how youth , and peace and security
5. Refusing to be victims: child soldiers in the humanitarian world
6. Stigma and guilt among the children of amnestied ex-combatants in northern Uganda: implications for transitional justice
Part III War, displacement, and migration
7. ‘They have locked us in’: the impact of liminality and protracted displacement on the mental health of Eritrean refugee youth living in Israel
8. Children and parents separated at the U.S. border: a case of human rights violations in the Global North
9. Agency, resilience and vulnerability of children in contexts of conflict-induced displacement
10. Navigating displacement: trajecto-making among forced migrant and refugee children and youth
Part IV Critical discussions of policy/practice
11. Child detention in armed conflict
12. The child soldier under international law and policy
13. Preventing the recruitment and use of children as soldiers: a perspective on moral injury and the security sector
14. Children without parental care in armed conflict settings: right to family life and alternative care arrangements
15. Mental health and psychosocial support interventions for conflict-affected children and adolescents: strategies, challenges, and recommendations
Index