Victims Of Child Soldiers

Child soldiers are perhaps perpetrators in a way the story tells it, but are they? I believe that child soldiers are victims because Commanders made them, forcefully, go to war at the age around 9-12. Additionally, they were drugged and weren’t thinking straight, and thought they would feel more secure and safe with other armed forces.

As a result of child soldiers following orders from adults, they don’t realize they can affect other people, and by that they start to think that it’s okay to hurt people, but the truth is it’s not and in their defence they were little kids. According to the text (Child Soldiers, Prosecution) “Child soldiers are not morally responsible for their actions. Children are often forced into fighting and have little