Mistreatment of Children in the Armed Conflicts
Mistreatment of Children in the Armed Conflicts

Summary/Abstract: Through the history, in many countries with different cultures, the children have been abused and have been forced to engage in a conflict because of the poverty, or their parents have sold them in ability to feed them, but most of them are either kidnapped or manipulated in order to join the terrorists. In the previous century, a great number of international conventions became effective in order to restrict the children`s involvement into the armed conflicts. The most important convention is the Geneva Convention, a convention adopted on August 12 1949. It clearly states that both sides in conflict must take all measures of not recruiting children who have not turned 15 years of age and must not be involved directly in the conflict. In this paper, we will analyze and see if these conventions are respected and how are implemented.

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