Eglantyne Jebb, drafter of the Declaration on the Rights of the Child and founder of Save the Children, said: “All wars, just or unjust ... are waged against children.”2 During armed conflict and other situations of violence, children are especially vulnerable to a myriad of risks that deprive them of the opportunity to fully experience childhood.3 They are often deprived of food, clean water, health care, and access to education; this is particularly troubling given the number of children who die of preventable illnesses, malnutrition, lack of safe shelter, or violence. Moreover, despite the protection afforded by international law, children are all too often drawn into hostilities – directly as fighters, or indirectly, separated from their families, detained, recruited, forcibly driven from their homes, killed, injured, sexually abused or exploited in other ways.4 In circumstances where survival becomes a daily struggle, children often lose any opportunity to study. Fortunately, children rarely give up their sense of hope, and their resilience should not be underestimated. Children have been affected by war throughout history, and this is still true in today’s conflicts, where we continue to see terribly high levels of suffering. Gender, age, ethnic and cultural background, disability, beliefs and other factors can exacerbate specific vulnerabilities in a given context.5 In light of this, more research is needed on the consequences that armed conflict has for children, as well as on the most suitable responses to their various needs and the challenges they face during and after armed conflict. For this reason, and as we have just marked the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Review has chosen to dedicate this issue to children and war. EDITORIAL

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交火中的童年：如何确保受战争影响的儿童有尊严的现在和未来

《儿童权利宣言》的起草者兼救助儿童会创始人埃格兰泰恩·杰布说：“所有战争，无论是正义还是非正义……都是针对儿童发动的。”2 在武装冲突和其他暴力局势中，儿童是尤其容易受到各种风险的影响，这些风险剥夺了他们充分体验童年的机会。3 他们往往被剥夺了食物、清洁水、医疗保健和受教育机会；鉴于死于可预防疾病、营养不良、缺乏安全住所或暴力的儿童人数众多，这尤其令人不安。此外，尽管国际法提供了保护，但儿童经常被卷入敌对行动——直接作为战士，或间接地与家人分离、拘留、招募、被迫离开家园、被杀害、受伤、以其他方式遭受性虐待或剥削。4 在生存成为日常斗争的情况下，儿童往往失去任何学习机会。幸运的是，孩子们很少放弃他们的希望感，他们的适应力不容小觑。纵观历史，儿童一直受到战争的影响，在今天的冲突中仍然如此，我们继续看到极其严重的苦难。在特定情况下，性别、年龄、种族和文化背景、残疾、信仰和其他因素可能会加剧特定的脆弱性。 5 鉴于此，需要更多研究武装冲突对儿童以及最对他们的各种需求以及他们在武装冲突期间和之后面临的挑战做出适当的反应。为此原因，在我们刚刚庆祝《儿童权利公约》(CRC) 30 周年之际，本次审查选择将这一问题专门用于儿童与战争。社论