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The recruitment of child soldiers is on the rise despite global commitments.Despite global commitments to protect children from being recruited as soldiers, the phenomenon is on the rise. In fact, it marked the thirty-fifth anniversary of a UN commitment to this effect in 2024.When The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted by world leaders in 1989, it was hailed as a historic agreement.This is because the convention stipulated that all children under 18 years should not be recruited and used as soldiers. This was a decade after the convention's adoption.Instead of ending the practice, armed groups have increased recruitment and use of children for armed conflict purposes.According to the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, this includes situations such as Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory including Gaza; Sudan; Lebanon; Myanmar, and Ukraine.
The recruitment of child soldiers is on the rise despite global commitments.Despite global commitments to protect children from being recruited as soldiers, the phenomenon is on the rise. In fact, it marked the thirty-fifth anniversary of a UN commitment to this effect in 2024.When The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted by world leaders in 1989, it was hailed as a historic agreement.This is because the convention stipulated that all children under 18 years should not be recruited and used as soldiers. This was a decade after the convention's adoption.Instead of ending the practice, armed groups have increased recruitment and use of children for armed conflict purposes.According to the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, this includes situations such as Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory including Gaza; Sudan; Lebanon; Myanmar, and Ukraine.
The recruitment of child soldiers is on the rise despite global commitments. In 2024, it marked the thirty-fifth anniversary of a UN commitment to protect children from being recruited as soldiers. However, armed groups have increased the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict.When The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted by world leaders in 1989, it was hailed as a historic agreement. It has inspired governments to pass laws protecting children from violence and exploitation. Around a decade later, a protocol prohibiting the recruitment and use as soldiers of all children under 18 years of age was adopted. To date, it has been ratified by 173 countries.Instead of ending the practice, armed groups have increased recruitment and use of children for armed conflict purposes. This includes Colombia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Lake Chad basin, Mozambique, the Sahel, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, and Haiti.Most of the impacted children were abducted and forcibly recruited. Most of these children are girls who have suffered rape and sexual violence and have been bought, sold, and trafficked.The Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict declared that Tuesday's increase in the use of military force by governments and regimes has wreaked havoc on children. This includes situations such as Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory including Gaza; Sudan; Lebanon; Myanmar, and Ukraine.
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