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Customary IHL - Rule 136. Recruitment of Child Soldiers Children must not be recruited into armed forces or armed groups Volume II, Chapter 39, Section C State practice establishes this rule as a norm of customary international law applicable in both international and non-international armed conflicts Additional Protocols I and II prohibit the recruitment of children [1]
Children protected under international humanitarian law Children in war benefit from the general protection of international humanitarian law as civilians or combatants But there are also special provisions that recognize their particular vulnerability and needs in armed conflicts Children are still recruited by national armed forces
CHILD SOLDIERS AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAw: IS THE EXISTING LEGAL . . . To this end, the case study of Sierra Leone will be used to assess the effectiveness of current international law standards It will be demonstrated that as the development of international law vis-à-vis child soldiers gains headway on paper, progress on the ground falls behind
Strengthening Legal Barriers Against Child Soldier Recruitment • Law . . . In response, a robust legal framework has been developed to protect children from being used in hostilities These international legal instruments establish clear prohibitions, set minimum age requirements, and impose obligations on states to prevent the recruitment and use of child soldiers