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Challenges of Child DDR: A Case Study of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Thesis title in Czech: Problémy a výzvy dětských programů DDR: Případová studie Demokratické republiky Kongo
Thesis title in English: Challenges of Child DDR: A Case Study of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Key words: budování míru, DDR, demobilizace, Demokratická republika Kongo, dětští vojáci, odzbrojení, OSN, reintegrace
English key words: Child Soldiers, DDR, Demobilization, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Disarmament, Peacebuilding, Reintegration, United Nations
Academic year of topic announcement: 2018/2019
Thesis type: diploma thesis
Thesis language: angličtina
Department: Department of Security Studies (23-KBS)
Supervisor: prof. PhDr. Emil Aslan, Ph.D.
Author: hidden - assigned by the advisor
Date of registration: 16.06.2019
Date of assignment: 16.06.2019
Date and time of defence: 25.06.2020 09:00
Venue of defence: Jinonice - U Kříže 8, Praha 5, J4019, Jinonice - místn. č. 4019
Date of electronic submission:21.05.2020
Date of proceeded defence: 25.06.2020
Opponents: Mgr. Karolina Svobodová, Ph.D.
 
 
 
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References
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Tabak, Jana. The Child and the World: Child-Soldiers and the Claim for Progress. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 2020.
Preliminary scope of work
Tato diplomová práce je věnována studii programů odzbrojení, demobilizace a reintegrace pro děti dříve spojované s ozbrojenými skupinami. Hlavním úkolem práce je kriticky posoudit implementaci programů odzbrojení, demobilizace a reintegrace v případě bývalých dětských vojáků, identifikovat hlavní problémy těchto programů a poskytnout doporučení k jejich budoucímu zlepšení. Teoretická část práce se zabývá konceptem dětských vojáků a konceptem odzbrojení, demobilizace a reintegrace. Tato práce úzce zkoumá případovou studii Demokratické republiky Kongo. Zkoumá historii konfliktu, historii využívání dětských vojáků a historii programů odzbrojení, demobilizace a reintegrace v Demokratické republice Kongo. Dále tato práce analyzuje fenomén dětských vojáků v Demokratické republice Kongo a výzvy, kterým nynější programy odzbrojení, demobilizace a reintegrace čelí a poskytuje doporučení konžské vládě a mezinárodním aktérům, kteří poskytují programy odzbrojení, demobilizace a reintegrace pro bývalé dětské vojáky v Demokratické republice Kongo. Práce usuzuje, že skrze implementaci nových opatření na národní i mezinárodní úrovni, se programy odzbrojení, demobilizace a reintegrace pro děti dříve spojované s ozbrojenými skupinami mohou v budoucnosti zlepšit.
Preliminary scope of work in English
This Master’s thesis is devoted to the study of Demobilization, Disarmament, and Reintegration programs for children formerly associated with armed groups. Its main task is to critically assess the implementation of child Demobilization, Disarmament, and Reintegration programs, to identify the main challenges of these programs, and to provide recommendations for their future improvement. The theoretical part of the work focuses on the concept of child soldiers and the concept of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration. The work examines the case study of the Democratic Republic of the Congo closely. It explores the history of the conflict, the history of using child soldiers, and the history of Demobilization, Disarmament, and Reintegration programs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Furthermore, this work analyzes the phenomenon of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the challenges the current Demobilization, Disarmament, and Reintegration programs are facing and provides recommendations for the Congolese government and for the international actors which are providing the Demobilization, Disarmament, and Reintegration programs for children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The work concludes that through the implementation of new policies on the national and international levels, the Demobilization, Disarmament, and Reintegration programs for children formerly associated with armed groups can improve in the future.
 
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