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According to them, up to 118 districts in India are facing armed insurrection and that child soldiers were used by both sides in these conflicts. [5] Human rights watch has also accused the Indian security forces of using children as spies and messengers, [failed verification] although the Indian government denies this allegation. [6]
Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War. Toronto: Kids Can Press ISBN 978-1-77138-126-0; International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) & The Global Center on Cooperative Security (September 2017). "Correcting the Course: Juvenile Justice Principles for Children Convicted of Violent Extremism Offenses", ICCT & GCCS, 1–12.
The National Resistance Army also made use of child soldiers. [58] Between 2003 and 2007, non-state armed groups fighting the LRA also used children. [59] In 2007 the Ugandan government agreed an action plan with the UN to end the use of child soldiers and in 2008 the country no longer appeared on the UN list of countries that recruit and use ...
Girl soldiers, also referred to as female child soldiers, [1] girls in fighting forces [2] [3] or girls associated with an armed force or armed group (GAAFAG), [4] have been recruited by armed forces and groups in the majority of conflicts in which child soldiers are used. A wide range of rough estimates of their percentage among child soldiers ...
The war has escalated so the child soldiers now go after family members and friends,” he says. In September alone, there have been dozens of incidents. A 13-year-old boy was found executed in ...
The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (OPAC), also known as the child soldier treaty, is a multilateral treaty whereby states agree to: 1) prohibit the conscription into the military of children under the age of 18; 2) ensure that military recruits are no younger than 16; and 3) prevent recruits aged 16 or 17 from ...
In 2001, 2004 and 2008, Child Soldiers International published ‘Child Soldiers Global Reports’ which provide a snapshot of the child soldier situation in every country worldwide. In 2012, Child Soldiers International published Louder than words: an agenda for action to end state use of child soldiers , [ 13 ] accompanied by a practical 10 ...
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