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Children And Children and war 101 Number 911 Volume Volume 101 Number 911 Volume 101 Number 911 Editorial: Childhood in the crossfire: How to ensure a dignified present and future for children affected by war Ellen Policinski and Kvitoslava Krotiuk Interview with Mira Kusumarinai, Executive Director of the Coalition of Civil Society Against Violent Extremism (C-SAVE) Testimonies of former child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo “This is my story”: Children’s war memoirs and challenging protectionist discourses Helen Berents Living through war: Mental health of children and youth in conflict-affected areas Rochelle L. Frounfelker, Naris Islam, Joseph Falcone, Jordan Farrar, Chekufa Ra, Cara M. Antonaccio, Ngozi Enelamah and Theresa S. Betancourt Born in the twilight zone: Birth registration in insurgent areas Kathryn Hampton The Policy on Children of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor: Toward greater accountability for crimes against and affecting children Diane Marie Amann International humanitarian law, Islamic law and the protection of children in armed conflict Humanitarian debate: Law, policy, action Ahmed Al-Dawoody and Vanessa Murphy Child marriage in armed conflict Dyan Mazurana, Anastasia Marshak and Kinsey Spears Engaging armed non-State actors on the prohibition of recruiting and using children in hostilitites: Some reflections from Geneva Call’s experience Pascal Bongard and Ezequiel Heffes Taking measures without taking measurements? An insider’s reflections on monitoring the implementation of the African Children’s Charter in a changing context of armed conflict Children and war Benyam Dawit Mezmur Q&A: The ICRC’s engagement on children in armed conflict and other situations of violence: In conversation with Monique Nanchen, Global Adviser on Children, ICRC Keeping schools safe from the battlefield: Why global legal and policy efforts to deter the military use of schools matter Bede Sheppard Safer cash in confl ict: Exploring protection risks and barriers in cash programming for internally displaced persons in Cameroon and Afghanistan Julie Freccero, Audrey Taylor, Joanna Ortega, Zabihullah Buda, Paschal Awah, Alexandra Blackwell, Ricardo Pla Cordero and Eric Stover Lex Innocentium (697 AD): Adomnán of Iona - father of Western jus in bello James W. Houlihan Deciphering the landscape of International humanitarian Law in the Asia-Pacific Suzannah Linton Medical care in armed confl ict: Perpetrator discourse in historical perspective Duncan McLean Reports and documents Books and articles ® MIX Paper from responsible sources https://international-review.icrc.org/ FSC® C007785 Cambridge Core For further information about this journal please go to the journal web site at: ISSN 1816-3831 cambridge.org/irc Children and war 118163831_101-2.indd8163831_101-2.indd 1 007/05/207/05/20 99:12:12 PPMM Editorial Team The Review is a peer-reviewed journal Editor-in-Chief: Ellen Policinski printed in English and is published Thematic Editor: Kvitoslava Krotiuk three times a year. Editorial Assistant: Saman Rejali and Sai Sathyanarayanan Venkatesh Annual selections of articles are also Book review editor: Jamie A. Williamson published in Arabic, Chinese, French, Aim and scope Special thanks: Monique Nanchen Russian and Spanish. 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Credit: Hussein Malla/AP/Keystone. 118163831_101-2.indd8163831_101-2.indd 2 007/05/207/05/20 99:15:15 PPMM Volume 101 Number 911 Humanitarian debate: Law, policy, action Children and war CONTENTS Children and war 425 Editorial: Childhood in the crossfire: How to ensure a dignified present and future for children affected by war Ellen Policinski and Kvitoslava Krotiuk 437 Interview with Mira Kusumarinai, Executive Director of the Coalition of Civil Society Against Violent Extremism (C-SAVE) Voices and perspectives 445 Testimonies of former child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo The impact of armed conflict and other situations of violence on children 459 “This is my story”: Children’s war memoirs
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