Post-War Stigma, Violence and ‘Kony Children’

The Responsibility to Protect Children Born in Lord’s Resistance Army Captivity in Northern Uganda

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ID12960716
AuthorsMyriam Denov (0000-0001-7963-1136, McGill University, corresponding author), Atim Angela Lakor
Year2018
Volume10
Issue1-2
Pages217-238
Publication date2018-03-22
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Responsibility to Protect (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1875-984X • E-ISSN: 1875-9858
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/1875984x-01001011
OpenAlexW2791954363
LanguageEN
Citations received16

The R 2 P framework underscores the responsibility to protect populations caught up in the maelstrom of war and armed conflict, and as such, holds relevance for children born of conflict-related sexual violence. This paper explores the role and framework of R 2 P in relation to children born of conflict-related sexual violence in northern Uganda, a population largely overlooked in the post-war period. Drawing upon the direct experiences and perspectives of a sample of 60 children born in Lord’s Resistance Army ( lra ) captivity, the paper highlights the significant stigma and violence that these children continue to face in the post-war context. The post-war lives of these children not only demonstrate the multiple hardships they face as a result of the fallout of war, but also highlight the situation of these children as secondary and intergenerational victims of war that would benefit from the protection of the R 2 P framework and subsequent support

Captivity · Collective responsibility · Context (archaeology · Criminology · Face (sociological concept · Human rights · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Resistance (ecology · Sexual violence · Social science · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Stigma (botany · Demography · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · History · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Psychology

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