Innocence, having no wrongdoing, is considered a part of childhood. A child, however, is no longer believed to be pure after they become killers. In Africa, innocent children are forced to become child soldiers each day. These soldiers are taken from their homes ,and are told to kill or be killed. Child soldiers can be anyone under 18 associated with an armed force. Children in Africa and among other places are being forced to murder and serve in wars as young as age seven. The child soldiers are drugged and made to kill. In many situations they do not know what is going on and did not choose to fight. Though some child soldiers may choose to fight many are unwillingly sacrificing themselves each day. Therefore, child soldiers should be granted …show more content…
An article by CNN talks about how children that become soldiers are abducted and forced to join the army, it’s not their choice. “(ISIS) abducts boys from Friday prayers at mosques or indoctrinates children as young as 10 to become fighters or suicide bombers” (“U.S. must get Tough over Child Soldiers”). These child soldiers do not have a say in if they would like to serve in armed forces or not. “Child soldiers . . . are abducted, then forced into murdering innocent human beings. They have no choice, if they don't fight their killed, if they fight they kill” (“Summative Essay- Child Soldiers”). These children are being told to kill or be killed. Due to the child soldiers being young ages, they chooses to live. Young soldiers do not wish to fight these battles, but if they do resist they die. Lastly,in one article, the author writes, “‘Al-Shabaab came one morning . . . there was a car waiting outside and they forced the children in . . . Children have been victims of . . . horrific human rights abuses, including stonings, amputations,and killings carried out by armed Islamic groups” (“Children in Somalia Facing War Crimes”). These children have seen terrifying things, and know that if they refuse to join this fight, they will
In a significant part of the world, there are many countries that recruit child to become soldiers against their will. Child soldiers are being utilized to commit horrendous actions that people would not believe could be done by just kids. The United States should intervene in wars where child soldiers are being used ,because they are transformed against their will,being killed and the ones who survived are more likely to become psychopaths.
As defined by Timothy Webster, author of Babes with Arms: International Law and Child Soldiers, a child soldier is “any person under the age of eighteen who is or has been associated with any kind of regular or irregular armed group, including those who serve as porters, spies, cooks, messengers and including girls recruited for sexual purposes (Webster, 2007, pp.230). As this definition reveals, a child soldier is more than simply a child with a gun. It is estimated that there are approximately 300,000 children under the age of 18, being used as soldiers in 33 conflicts currently, and this figure continues to rise (Webster, 2007, pp.227). Similarly, in 1999 it was estimated that more than 120,000 children, under the age of 18, were used as soldiers to fight ...
Many kids are involved around the world in violent wars as child soldiers. These children who were forced into being soldiers had no other choice but to face their own death and therefore should be granted amnesty. This is because the great majority of the kids were forced into being war fighters. Even then, some people think that just because they’re kids doesn’t change the fact that they have performed horrible acts, and that they should be punished for their actions. Also, these kids were forced to take drugs and drink alcohol which influenced bad decisions and made them less thoughtful about the harm they were doing. So, child soldiers should get another chance and be granted amnesty after proven worthy.
There is no exact known number of children currently being utilised in warfare worldwide. The issue of the military use of children is so widespread that no figure can be calculated, although it is estimated that there are currently over 250,000 child soldiers across the world. Many are drugged and brainwashed into murder, many are forced to sever all ties with their family or watch them die. Most are faced with a simple choice: kill or be killed. Although the notion of child soldiers is vastly alien to contemporary Australian society, it is a reality in many parts of the world. ISIS have been known to employ the use of children in warfare and over 30,000 children have been abducted into the Lord’s Resistance Army for military purposes. It
A child soldier is a child who has been abducted and forced to fight in a conflict in which they would not typically be involved in. Child soldiers have their relatively normal childhood taken away if they are abducted. Instead of playing with the other children, they are forced to murder them. Many are forced to watch the people they once knew be tortured and they may even take part in the act. Child soldiers are internationally banned, yet many countries still utilize them to this day. Uganda is one country in which they are used. The use of children in armed combat in Uganda sheds light on the fact that the concept of power is indeed a double-edged sword.
Africa has been described as “the world’s most silent crisis.” They’ve been labeled this because African’s have struggled with child soldiers for many years. Child soldiers are used all throughout Africa. That includes Mozambique, Somalia, Congo and Uganda. The Central African Region (CAR) is the most known vicinity that employs child soldiers due to the viral video released in 2012, by an organization called “The Invisible Children”. The focus of this video was on the notorious Lord’s Resistance Army leader, Joseph Kony. The video helped spread awareness about child soldiers but there are many other places that use child soldiers that are not talked about. This has been an issue for nearly 20 years. There’re places in the world where children are being abducted and coerced into becoming fighters at very young ages. Young adults should not just understand how this is happening, but why and how to help. Children should not have to worry about whether they are going to be abducted at night and have to kill their friends and family the next day. Children becoming soldiers in Africa has been an issue for far too long and needs to be stopped.
“Compelled to become instruments of war, to kill and be killed, child soldiers are forced to give violent expression to the hatreds of adults” (“Child Soldiers” 1). This quotation by Olara Otunnu explains that children are forced into becoming weapons of war. Children under 18 years old are being recruited into the army because of poverty issues, multiple economic problems, and the qualities of children, however, many organizations are trying to implement ways to stop the human rights violation.
When war is thought of, usually a picture comes to mind of man vs man, nut in reality, there is women, and even children. Children fighting, killing, dieing. The natural thought of a child may be happiness, games, and toys. What about guns, grenades, and explosions? That is right, guns. Children with guns, killing other human beings is quite disturbing once really thought of. Children from other countries killing other without regret. Child soldiers should be held accountable for their actions. These children committed serious crimes, they had a choice to do what they did, and these children lack emotion.
Sometimes dealing with children can be a battle in itself, but in many countries, children fight the battles that adults have created. These young people are known as children warriors, soldiers, and combatants. The use of children in war is an unfortunate issue; but it is part of some people’s everyday life. Whether the child is fighting for their government or their life, they are often in constant danger. The foreign policies that have been put in place to protect children have yet to halt the ever-growing amount of children combatants.
Child soldiers do not deserve amnesty because determining which deserve it requires too many resources, many of the soldiers volunteered, and they could be dangers to society. The testing needed to determine which child soldiers deserve amnesty quires a large sum of money. This money would have to be taken from the tax money of the housing country, which will cause the tax rates to increase. Some people believe the child soldiers deserve amnesty. The people think this because some of the children were kidnapped and forced into fighting, while also being under the influence of drugs. Many of the child soldiers volunteered to fight and kill others. They believed that volunteering to fight would be patriotic and they wanted to take revenge on America. Child soldiers should not be provided amnesty because it demands too many resources, many of the soldiers volunteered, and the children could be dangers to society.
Imagine yourself being 10 years young. You are taken from your home. The person who takes you away, hands you a gun and tells you that you must shoot at everyone who isn't of their group. If you don't follow their rules, you're beaten and denied food. What would you do?
Are child soldiers the ones to blame for all those massacres? Do they deserve being charged for being forced to murder? Or do we grant them protection? Over the past 10 years more than one million child soldiers have been massacred in hostility, over 6 million were wounded, and 10 million of them were left with severe brain trauma. All of this because these children are forced into becoming something they have never wanted to be apart of. There are many children as young as 7 that are recruited as child soldiers. A child soldier is anyone who is under the age of 18 who is a member of government armed forces or any other type of armed groups. This is happening in many third-world countries. These countries include many African nations, Somalia,
Child soldiers have become an international issue, and have sparked extensive debate, as their rights to freedom, education and wellbeing are being violated. Child soldiers are anyone under the age of 18 who are used by an armed force in any capacity, whether or not they play a direct role in hostilities. In 1924 the Geneva Declaration on the Rights of the Child was enforced. This declaration aimed to put children in the position to be protected against exploitation, and proved to be effective as nations adopting the principles held perpetrators accountable, as it was enforceable.
Child soldiers who’ve committed crimes should be prosecuted, no matter what the age is. Even if they’re under the age of 18 they still committed the crimes. And these children have been through a lot and being in a facility where it’s focused on making them better people would help the cause at hand. But it has been discovered that even though some of the child soldiers were kidnapped there was a substantial amount that simply volunteered to fight in their army. And for these reasons every child who was involved, voluntarily or involuntarily, should be prosecuted for every crime they have committed.
“Stolen people, stolen dream” is the brutality faced by numerous, vulnerable, gullible children in the black market around the world even in the admirable United States. Trafficking of children is the modern day slavery, the act of recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining a person for compelled labor or commercial sex acts through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. More than ever, it has become a lucrative method that is trending in the underground economy. A pimp can profit up to $150,000 per children from age 4-12 every year, as reported by the UNICEF. Also, according to the International Labor Organization statistics, “There are 20.9 million victim of human trafficking globally, with hundreds of thousands in the United