Dokument #1031064
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
A 10 October 1996 Amnesty International
report on Chad states that at the time, children were being
recruited into the army in contravention of the Convention on the
Rights of the Child, ratified by Chad in 1990 (28). Children
between 12 and 15 years of age were reportedly used to search for
members of the opposition and denounce them to the army (ibid.,
29). The children reportedly pointed fingers randomly "thereby
bringing about arbitrary arrests followed by torture and even
extrajudicial executions." Amnesty International further reports
that although Chadian military authorities were aware both of the
recruitment and the problem of unjustified arrests, they turned a
blind eye (ibid.). This source does not state whether the
recruitment was forced or not.
Country Reports for Human Rights
Practices 1997, states "the government arbitrarily conscripted
young men into the army without informing their families" but adds
that "many minors served in the armed forces at the beginning of
the year, but during the year all were believed to have been
mustered out in a demobilisation program" (26 Feb. 1999).
Additional or corroborating information could not be found among
the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
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researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
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particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please see the list
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References
Amnesty International. 10 October 1996.
Chad: A Country Under the Arbitrary Rule of the Security Forces
with the Tacit Consent of Other Countries. (AI Index: AFR
20/11/96). London: Amnesty International.
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices 1998. 1999. [Internet:]
http://www.state.gov[accessed 26 Feb. 1999].
Additional Sources Consulted
Africa Research Bulletin: Political,
Social and Cultural Series [Oxford]. January-December 1998.
Vol. 35. Nos. 1-12.
Chad: A Country Study. 1990.
Edited by Thomas Collelo. Washington, DC: Secretary of the
Army.
Lettre de la
fédération internationale des Ligues des droits de
l'homme (FIDH). 1998.
Keesing's Record of World
Events [Cambridge]. January-December 1998. Vol. 44. Nos.
1-12.
Balencie, Jean-Marc et Arnaud de La
Grange. 1996. Mondes rebelles : acteurs, conflits et violences
politiques. Tome II. Paris : Éditions Michalon
Electronic sources: IRB Databases,
Internet, LEXIS/NEXIS, World News Connection (WNC).