SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2013, para. 17
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In many countries children are arrested and detained without due process or legal safeguards, including under antiterrorism laws, either because they are perceived as a threat to national security or for acts allegedly committed while associated with armed groups. Children are also captured in the course of military operations and held in formal or informal detention facilities without any legal basis, sometimes incommunicado and for prolonged periods of time.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict