Criminalising the use of child soldiers

IRAN: Halt execution of child offender
10/Feb/2015 News
The imminent execution of Saman Nasim, who was arrested in 2011 at the age of 17 for armed activities, has been scheduled for 19 February 2015. Despite a ban on the execution of child offenders in international law, Iran has executed 31 child offenders since 2010.  
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SUDAN DEL SUR: Miles de niños serán liberados
29/Jan/2015 News
El año pasado unos 12 mil niños fueron reclutados como soldados.
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ARMED CONFLICT: ‘devastating year' for millions of children trapped by conflict
9/Dec/2014 News
[8 December 2014] – Never in recent memory have so many children been subjected to such unspeakable brutality, the United...
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UKRAINE CONFLICT: Child soldiers join the fight
3/Dec/2014 News
[26 November 2014] - Child soldiers appear to be playing a part on both sides of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. A boy as...
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CHILD SOLDIERS: International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber upholds conviction and sentence for child recruitment
2/Dec/2014 News
The court's decision about the Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo shows that recruitment of children as child soldiers will not remain unpunished. 
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Concluding Observations for Jordan’s First Report on the OPAC
27/Jun/2014 UN and Regional Documentation
CRC/C/OPAC/JOR/CO/1...
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Concluding Observations for India’s First Report on the OPAC
26/Jun/2014 UN and Regional Documentation
CRC/C/OPAC/IND/CO/1 ...
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YEMEN: Draft law seeks to reform child rights abuses
28/Apr/2014 News
Draft law which proposes to curb the problems of child marriage, FGM, child labour and the use of child soldiers, awaits approval from the country's Parliament.
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COLOMBIA: Children's Rights in UN Treaty Body Reports
10/Jun/2011 Publication
Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of all UN Treaty Bodies and their follow...
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