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1 Child Recruitment and Exits from Armed Groups: Evidence from the Lake Chad Basin to Inform the UNSC CAAC Debate [1] (2024)

handle is hein.unl/cdrcmtad0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ( UNU ~JCPR UNIDIR MANAGING EXITS FROM ARMED CONFLICT CHILD RECRUITMENT AND EXITS FROM ARMED GROUPS: EVIDENCE FROM THE LAKE CHAD BASIN TO INFORM THE UNSC CAAC DEBATE JE ' 4 As the UN Security Council's open debate on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) approaches, UNLDIR and UNUL are providing an important reminder about child recruitment by armed groups and their post-association reintegration trajectories. As Member States come together to advance efforts to protect children in conflict, the evidence base - including from the Lake Chand Basin - should inform discussions on how to prevent and respond to the grave violation of child recruitment. Child trajectories into NSAGs occur along a continuum of coercion. [All the evidence suggests that]... a wide rangeof coercive factors can influence child association with armed groups. For exarple, territorial control by armed groups increases a child's interaction with them. Across the [Lake Chad Basin] region, there are higher rates of Boko Haram [and militia/vigilante group] association among children who experienced occupation. Children's involvement with armed groups stems from interrelated reasons that range from extreme coercion to the mundane. Some of the specific factors that influence involvement include physical and food security, family and pee r networks, financial incentives, coercion, status, and identity. While certain structural and social factors are especially influential in particular contexts, each child's trajectory is determined by a personalized cocktail of interconnected risks, needs, and resilience factors. '.;. i V.J.