nonetheless‚ children recruited as soldiers are expected to commit heinous acts such as killing (Humanium). Anyone under the age of eighteen participating in combat or military acts is considered a child soldier. Children around the world are being exploited and forced against their will to defend their countries as child soldiers; however‚ countries such as Britain and the United States provide hope for many through children’s rights laws and programs like Child Soldiers International. There are many
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culture of Africa. While reading these two articles about child soldiers‚ I learned a lot more about what is going on in the world today and how it affects children. I believe that child soldier practices should be banned because the children are put into dangerous situations and they won’t get to live a happy life. Others would say that child soldier practices should not be banned because the children are needed to keep people safe. Child soldier practices should be banned because the children are put
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FLASH DRAFT #1: Should child soldiers be given amnesty? Thousands of children around the world are being put to work and being given a gun‚ not a pencil. A child soldier dies every five minutes being shot or stabbed to death by an adult or even worse‚ another child. Most children do not have very much of a choice to become a soldier‚ or not because the choices are don’t become a soldier and probably be killed or do become one and possibly survive. So‚ I believe child soldiers should be given amnesty
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killers‚ child soldiers‚ are an example of criminals that should not get amnesty. Child soldiers‚ should be prosecuted for their crimes. The reasons for their prosecution are very simple: they have committed horrific crimes‚ had a choice not to fight‚ and are a threat to national security. Not many people echo the idea that child soldiers should be prosecuted for their horrific crimes‚ but these people are wrong. An example could be Omar Khadr‚ it states in the article‚ The Child Soldier on Trial
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Briefing notes about Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone In 1991‚ The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) attacked Sierra Leone in an attempt to obtain diamonds and overthrow Joseph Momoh’s Government. The resulting civil war lasted for 11 years and left over 50‚000(Hara-Kiri‚ 2008‚ 8th fact)‚ including children recruited to fight in the war. 3‚710 had been used as child soldiers with the RUF‚ 2‚026 with the pro-government Civil Defence Forces (CDF)‚ 471 with the Sierra Leone Army and 427 with the Armed
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Would you like it if your children where taken from you to become a child soldier‚ well in Somalia children have been taken to become child soldiers. They are getting prosecuted for it as well‚ child soldiers should not be prosecuted for this. Theses child soldiers are being forced to fight against their will. Ishmael Beth was a child soldier in a news report on CBS News and he said that they were drugged. Also a gun was held up to there held every second this went on. The children were also drug
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Nov 25‚ 2015 Recruitment of Child Soldier in Sierra Leone and The use of children as soldiers in armed conflict is among the most immorally abhorrent practices in the world. Child soldiers exist in almost every part of this world. They are just like every one else they should be treated as children and taken care of not forced into drugs and administration. Various companies have been started in the world to try and help children that are forced into becoming soldiers‚ to try and save them from
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according to Jeffrey Gettlemen’s article Armed & Underage. Child soldiers who have been psychologically examined and rehabilitated should be granted amnesty because they are often forced to commit crimes by their commanders. These children are often forced to “kill or be killed.” If a youth tries to leave or fails to follow orders‚ the soldier may be killed. Child soldiers’ brains are not yet fully developed. Because of this‚ a child may make a decision that he/she will later regret. Instead of
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The use of child soldiers is one of the most blatant abuses of international human rights. There have been a number of treaties that have tried to prohibit these practices‚ but the use of child soldiers has become more prominent and occurs in approximately 75% of conflicts around the world. Primary causal factors of recruiting children are: social disruptions due to globalization‚ disease and war which has resulted in further global conflict and generation disconnection which has created a pool of
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Child soldiers are defined as children‚ meaning they are under eighteen years old‚ who are used in the military. The military purposes for which they are used include fighting in combat‚ but may also entail jobs such as being cooks‚ porters‚ messengers‚ informants‚ or spies. Both boys and girls can be child soldiers. Children in the military are at the mercy of their commanders and must do whatever they are told to do or else risk being killed. This issue is completely unjust because child soldiers
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