This just in from Human Rights Watch and (c) them:
A call for concerned individuals to join in putting pressure on world leaders to Ratify the Treaty Banning Child Soldiers. HRW writes:
Today, in at least 14 countries around the world, children are used in armed conflict, exploited for their labor, and subjected to violence and mistreatment. The United Nations adopted a treaty banning the use of children in hostilities. However, 51 countries have not yet ratified the treaty. Help us achieve universal ratification of the ban on child soldiers by writing the UN ambassadors for key countries.
Take action.
- To learn more about activism in this area, and to get involved if you're a student or teacher, check out the Red Hand Campaign against the use of child soldiers.
- And to read an account of the military's use of child soldiers, from a military user perspective, read Romeo Dallaire's They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children. There's also a documentary by the same name to go along with it.
- To look at many effects of war on children check out the charity War Child.
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| Cover of UK edition of Dallaire's book |