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Displaced children in CAR November 2008

This report highlights the disproportionate impact of displacement on children in the Central African Republic, emphasizing the urgent need for protection and assistance. It discusses causes, patterns, and specific protection problems faced by displaced children, along with the national and international response. The report concludes with recommendations to the CAR government and the international community.

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Displaced children in CAR November 2008

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  1. Displaced children in CAR November 2008

  2. Numbers at a glance

  3. Disproportionate effect on children • 50% of all IDPs in CAR are children • 61% of IDPs in Ouham and Ouham-Pendé are children

  4. Causes of displacement • Conflict and displacement ongoing since 2005 • Until 2007, causes of displacement mainly clashes between government forces and rebel groups • New causes of displacement are attacks by road bandits known as coupeurs de route • GoC unable to provide security • Communities have created self-defence militias • 50% of all IDPs have been displaced by road bandits

  5. Patterns of displacement • Until late 2007, IDPs fled their villages to hide in nearby fields or forests without access to basic services • IDPs are now fleeing to larger towns where they hope to find security, and where they depend on help from host communities

  6. Areas visited  Kabo  Batangafo Kambakota Bocaranga Bangui 

  7. Specific protection problems Displaced children have suffered from: • Trauma from extreme levels of violence • Unmet basic needs • Economic exploitation • Ethnic discrimination • Recruitment into armed groups

  8. Kabo

  9. Kambakota

  10. Bocaranga

  11. National response • Security and social services almost inexistent in north • Government actively supports self-defence militias • IDP-mandated agencies under-funded and under-staffed • No government assistance to IDPs, including children • Allowed international community to access IDPs • No national law or policy to protect IDPs

  12. Lack of legal framework • GoC has not implemented the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement • GoC has not enacted national legislation for protecting IDPs, including displaced children • GoC has not ratified the Optional Protocol to the CRC on the involvement of children in armed conflict • National Assembly has not reviewed or enacted the draft child protection law. Draft law does not include provisions for protecting displaced children

  13. International response • Cluster approach was activated in 2007 • Surge of INGOs and humanitarian funding • Lack of child-mandated organisations working in CAR • Lack of specific focus on the needs of displaced children • Inability to respond to urgent needs of displaced children in timely and efficient ways

  14. Developments in 2008 • Fragile peace process underway (ceasefire agreements and amnesty law) • CAR on agenda of UN Peacebuilding Commission • Surge in development and humanitarian funding in 2008 (CAP is 91% funded) • SRSG on children and armed conflict visited CAR in May • UNICEF established country task force for MRM • UN SC Working Group on children in armed conflict will review situation in CAR in 2009

  15. Recommendations To the government of CAR • Restore security and social services • Create a legal framework to protect IDPs To the international community • Appoint a Humanitarian Coordinator • Preposition and deliver assistance in a timely manner • Encourage all parties to conflict to uphold ceasefire agreements and continue negotiations over amnesty law

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