Amos Marcelin may have escaped the violence and instability of war-torn Haiti about 17 months ago to relocate to Lima.

The U.N. estimates that the number of children in the ranks of Haiti’s gangs has increased ... The use of child soldiers is considered a war crime by the International Criminal Court.

With limited options for survival, many children in Haiti are drawn into criminal groups ... familiar occurrences in societies torn by civil war. It is more likely to take place in settings ...

Haiti has been racked by political instability and intensifying, deadly gang violence. Amid a Federal Aviation Administration ban on flights from the U.S. to Haiti, some volunteers remain unwavering ...

He is now in northern Haiti under the care of a U.S. organization ... “It’s just not right for these children to be thrown into the war zone to meet requirements that could easily be waived ...

In Haiti, years of chaos and instability ... you can make in terms of development or in a war zone. You educate a girl, you know, she has children later, she understands nutrition, she has a ...

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations envoy charged with reporting on violations against children in ... to youngsters in war-torn Sudan, followed by Congo and Haiti. Virginia Gamba told a news ...

and that children now make up roughly half of the gangs’ fighting force. The use of child soldiers is considered a war crime by the International Criminal Court. “As the situation in Haiti ...