SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2017, para. 8
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Notwithstanding these pressing concerns and their impact on children, there has been progress in the last 12 months to protect the rights of children affected by armed conflict, which is described extensively in the report. This progress has included improvements in the normative framework, additional agreements with parties to conflict to protect children, and concrete action taken to separate and release children who were allegedly associated with parties to conflict.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict