Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace, and Security

Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace, and Security
Formation2007
FounderRoméo Dallaire
Jacqueline O'Neill
Websitehttps://dallaireinstitute.org/
Formerly called
Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative

The Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace, and Security (previously the Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative[1]) is an institute at Dalhousie University that works to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers.[2][3] The initiative was founded by Roméo Dallaire and Jacqueline O'Neill in 2007, and is situated in Halifax, Nova Scotia with offices in Kigali, Rwanda and Juba, South Sudan.[4][5]

Activities

The Dallaire Institute conducts research, and partners with governments to deliver military and police training on the prevention of children from being recruited and used in conflict.[6] They also conduct training on how to disarm child soldiers.[7] In 2016, fifteen veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces were chosen to train workers in war zones in how to safely defuse confrontations with child soldiers.

In 2019, the Institute worked with the Canadian Armed Forces to create a Center of Excellence at the Canadian Defence Academy, called the Dallaire Centre of Excellence for Peace and Security.[8] That same year, the Dallaire Initiative took over the international programmes of Child Soldiers International when that organization closed.[9] And the Dallaire Initiative also opened an African Centre of Excellence in Kigali, Rwanda.[10]

In 2021, the Dallaire Institute announced a new Latin America Centre of Excellence for Children, Peace, and Security in Uruguay.[11]

References

  1. ^ Register, Quinton Amundson, The Catholic. "Dallaire Institute spotlights child protection". www.catholicregister.org.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Sam Mednick (25 November 2018). "Ex-senator Romeo Dallaire talks new approach to ending child soldiers' use in South Sudan". Global News. Juba, South Sudan. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2020. His visit marked the launch of a three-year program by the Canada-based Romeo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative. The $2.2 million project funded by Global Affairs Canada aims to work with at least 1,200 South Sudanese soldiers, police and prison personnel. The first round of training will include 50 senior army officers.
  3. ^ Sam Mednick (25 November 2018). "Roméo Dallaire says approach to ending use of child soldiers is not enough". The Globe and Mail. Juba, South Sudan. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2020. His visit marked the launch of a three-year program by the Canada-based Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative. The $2.2 million project, funded by Global Affairs Canada, aims to work with at least 1,200 South Sudanese soldiers, police and prison staff. The first round of training will include 50 senior army officers.
  4. ^ "The Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative". Power Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 November 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2020. Founded by Roméo Dallaire, retired Lieutenant-General, noted humanitarian and Canadian Senator, the Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative is a global partnership committed to ending the use and recruitment of child soldiers worldwide, through a prevention-oriented approach. Power Corporation has supported the Dallaire Initiative since 2007.
  5. ^ "Women, Peace and Security: A conversation with Canada's first Ambassador, Jacqueline O'Neill". Balsillie School of International Affairs. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Dallaire Institute, RDF partner to strengthen prevention of recruitment of children as soldiers". The New Times. 12 February 2021.
  7. ^ Nina Corfu (6 July 2016). "Dalhousie program trains troops to disarm child soldiers without violence". CBC News. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2020. Fifteen Canadian veterans will spend the next few weeks in Halifax learning how to train others to prevent the recruitment of child soldiers, and disarm those who make it to the frontlines.
  8. ^ Mishall Rehman (25 June 2019). "Canadian Government invests in Romeo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative". Canadian military families magazine. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020. Additionally, the Canadian Armed Forces, in partnership with the Romeo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative, will be creating a Dallaire Centre of Excellence for Peace and Security, within the Canadian Defence Academy.
  9. ^ Initiative, Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers. "The Dallaire Initiative takes over valuable Child Soldiers International programs". www.newswire.ca.
  10. ^ "Roméo Dallaire Institute, Giants of Africa join hands in celebration of Day of the African Child". The New Times Rwanda. 16 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Dallaire Institute anchors child‑protection work in Latin America with new centre of excellence". Dalhousie News.