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New commitment to ending child soldiers

2 April 2007

Recruiting child soldiers under the age of 18 is a crime under international law. Recruiting children under the age of 15 is a war crime. The International Criminal Court‘s first trial will be that of DRC warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, charged with recruiting child soldiers as young as 10. The term ‘child soldier’ refers to […]

Posted in Australia, Chad, children, DR Congo, France, IHL (laws of war), Netherlands, peace/armed conflict, Philippines, poverty, right to life, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda, USA | 4 Comments »

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