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   Youth have been both the primary victims and the primary actors in the twenty-two year war between the Government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army. It was not clear, however, exactly who is suffering, how much, and in what ways. For instance, researchers knew little about the experience of youth: what is the magnitude, incidence, and nature of the violence, trauma, and suffering of youth in northern Uganda? An understanding of the effects of war on women and girls was particularly lacking, whether they were abducted or affected by the violence in other ways. Click here to view the full report.

The Science News report "Former child soldiers in Africa draw on a reservoir of resilience" presents an outline of Jeannie Annan's research on former child soldiers in Uganda. At the May 5th annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Annan presented her research on a panel with Ishmael Beah, a former child soldier from Sierra Leone who now lives in the United States, and who wrote a 2007 book about his transition from child soldier to college graduate.

Human Rights First, The Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, and the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice will host a panel discussion the hurdles facing refugees in the US asylum system, the difficulties and disparities in the immigration courts, and the crucial difference made by legal representation. The panel's discussion will pivot off of Asylum Denied: A Refugee’s Struggle for Safety in America by David Ngari Kenney and Professor Phillip G. Schrag. RSVP is requested by not required to Elisabeth Centeno at centenoe@humanrightsfirst.org or (212) 845-5291.