Around Bentiu

March 2003

Forced recruitment of children, mostly by militias allied to the government, was reported around Bentiu in Unity State

Perpetrator: Milita allied to the GoS
Reference: UN Commission on Human Rights, The situation of human rights in Sudan, UN Doc. E/CN.4/2003/ L.35, 11 April 2003, http://www.ohchr.org; UN Special Rapporteur on Sudan, statement to UN Commission on Human Rights, April 2003; Child Soldiers Global Report 2004, p 2; Amnesty International (AI), Sudan: Preliminary conclusions of Amnesty International’s mission, 31 January 2003