Too Young to Vote but Old Enough to Fight - Child Soldiers: the need for a moral commitment to children

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Summary: Following on from the June report
'Children in Armed Conflict', this
paper
identifies current gaps in
international
protection standards and argues the
need
for a stronger legal and moral
commitment

Following on from the June report 'Children in Armed Conflict', this
paper identifies current gaps in international protection standards
and argues the need for a stronger legal and moral commitment to
preventing children from being used as child soldiers. It calls upon
the Government to play a proactive role in the Optional Protocol
debate and to commit itself to raising the age of recruitment to 18.
Owner: World Vision UK

Organisation: 
World Vision - UK
Tags: 
Reporting to and monitoring the CRC

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