1.

Disarmament, Demobilization, and Re-Integration (DDR)- is a type of rehabilitation program

whose goal is to allow former combatants to reintegrate to civil society, one type of example is
through (Disarmament) surrendering their weapons in exchange for cash or other forms of
consideration 1 (Demobilization) former combatants register and are assembled to be oriented
on said program2 (Re-integration) offering skills training and other various incentives for former
combatants to allow them an opportunity to successfully integrate back to civil society.3

2. Child – any person under 18 years of age

3. Soldier- a person engaged directly or indirectly in combat related activities

4. Adult- any person who is 18 years of age and above.

5. Armed conflict- This shall refer to non-international armed conflicts, between governmental
forces and nongovernmental armed groups. Specifically the armed conflict is situated only
within the Philippine territory.

6. Rebel / Armed groups – this term shall broadly refer to groups which attack the
government forces , the Philippine government refers them to various groups such terror
groups4 communist groups 5

7. Child soldier - Child soldier” in this document means any person under 18 years of age who is
part of any kind of regular or irregular armed force or armed group in any capacity, including but
not limited to cooks, porters, messengers, and those accompanying such groups, other than purely
as family members. It includes girls recruited for sexual purposes and forced marriage. It does
not, therefore, only refer to a child who is carrying or has carried arms.6

1
Montessori Model United Nations.. Children in Armed Conflict. United Nations Children’s Fund. 2013. http://montessori-
mun.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/BG_UNICEF_Children-in-armed-conflict.pdf (last accessed 18 November 2017)

2
Id.
3
Id.
4
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36138554
5
http://web.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/groups/view/149#note4
The Communist Party of the Philippines–New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) seeks to overthrow the Philippine
government in favor of a new state led by the working class and to expel U.S. influence from the Philippines. The
Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) was founded in 1968, and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA),
was founded in the following year. Because the party and its armed wing are so closely intertwined, they are often
referred to together as the CPP-NPA.
6
UNICEF. Who is a child soldier? http://www.unicef.org/emerg/index_childsoldiers.html
8. Rehabilitation – For the purpose of this thesis, rehabilitation shall pertain specifically to
address the concern of child soldiers, the trauma that they face.

9. Recruitment – Any form of soliciting, advertising , inducing said minor children to

participate in an armed conflict either through voluntary or through violent means, for the
purpose of using the children in armed conflict.