UNODC – Targeted by Terrorists: Child recruitment, exploitation and reintegration in Indonesia, Iraq and Nigeria

Through the project 'STRIVE Juvenile: Preventing and Responding to Violence against Children by Terrorist and Violent Extremist Groups' funded by the European Union, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the partner countries, Indonesia, Iraq and Nigeria, intend to develop and implement comprehensive national responses to prevent and counter terrorism and violent extremism affecting children. The research study of the project ‘Targeted by Terrorists: Child recruitment, exploitation and reintegration in Indonesia, Iraq and Nigeria’, published in February 2024, has been carried out in these 3 countries to increase knowledge regarding children associated with groups designated as terrorist.