Monthly Roundup - October 2021
It’s Time To Revisit the United States’ Evolving Posture Toward the Use of Child Soldiers
"First, the Biden administration could more aggressively implement the CSPA by declining to extend waivers so generously, particularly to longtime offenders like South Sudan.
Second, because the use of child soldiers often implicates a broader set of crimes under international law, as in Ongwen’s case, Congress should adopt legislation which closes the gaps between U.S. and international criminal law.
Lastly, the United States should take a leading role in providing financial and logistical support to initiatives by UNICEF and others in the international community that focus on rehabilitation and reintegration of former child soldiers."
DRC’s former child soldiers face tough return to civilian life
"Some of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) former child soldiers have become traders, hairdressers and tailors, but many struggle to recover a normal life in a society buckling under unemployment and poverty."
Namibia launches elephant conservation, management plan for next decade
"Namibia launched a national elephant conservation and management plan for the next 10 years.
"These structures will be empowered to come up with innovative, locally accepted measures and actions to manage elephants occurring in those specific areas."
[A]lso launched the Wildlife Corridors Strategy, which provides for the management and protection of wildlife movement routes or corridors that need to be kept open but limit direct contact between people and wildlife in order to reduce human-wildlife conflict and promote biodiversity conservation and wildlife economy."
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