Child soldiers are a problem for kids under age the of 15 that who are forced into military service. This putting young kids lives into danger putting them into battle to fight.Also kids this young should not be taught this kind of violence. According to article 38 of the Convention of the Rights of a Child‚some governments should be “establishing a ban” (fact sheet) against forced military. This is still important today because there should not be any child under 18 going through this kind of
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Child soldiers are a huge problem in the world. Child soldiers are kids who are under the age of 18. Not all of them fight in war but some are used as cooks‚ suicide bombers‚ messengers‚ spies‚ human shields‚ guard prisoners‚ domestic servants and almost always used for sexual purposes. Anyone over the age of 16 who has killed someone in war‚ does not deserve amnesty‚ but those who have not killed anyone in any age deserve amnesty. A reason why people over the age of 16 do not deserve amnesty
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When most people think of a twelve year old child‚ they think of someone in middle school worried about making friends and fitting in. For many children in war-ridden countries in Africa‚ they have a much different reality. They are forced into becoming soldiers‚ given narcotics‚ and told to kill certain targets and people. Child soldiers are enlisted at very young ages‚ put onto the front lines‚ and forced to kill. That is why the children involved are victims of this terrible process‚ and should
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Child Poverty in Africa More than 140 million children in North Central Africa live in extreme poverty (Child Poverty para2). Africa still has the world’s greatest number of infant mortality due to poverty (Child Poverty para4). Unfortunately‚ African children can live in and die from poverty; however‚ humanitarian groups such as Stand Up For Africa can offer these children some help. The future of this problem is unwritten. Africa includes some of the poorest countries in the world. Because
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these children face or are asked to do is horrific. Many of the youth are under fifteen years old‚ recruited to be soldiers‚ forced into marriage at young ages‚ or joined to escape their reality. What do you do when you are kidnapped and forced to fight a war you know nothing about? Should this child be prosecuted for crimes he or she committed during war times? Should child soldiers be prosecuted for war crimes? You are ten years old at school and war breaks out in your village like in the book
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The Child workers were treated better than the Africans. The child workers worked long hours and hard days they worked up to 36 hours. But the Africans were enslaved and even murdered sometimes. The European’s treated the Africans awfully. The child workers had it bad to but the Africans had it worse When Imperialism was going on with the Africans they were being enslaved and murdered for their land. A quote is " In hewing out for himself a fixed abode in Africa‚ the white man has massacred the
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Mother to Child Transmission of AIDS in Africa G.T. English Composition II A.L. Jan 26‚ 2010 How do you tell a child they have AIDS? How many kids are born with AIDS in Africa? Due to the epidemic of AIDS in Africa should the United States assist in supplying mothers who test HIV positive baby formula to discourage breastfeeding? HIV is not spread through pregnancy‚ but in breast milk. It would make a difference if mothers who are HIV positive in Africa did not breastfeed
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Retired lieutenant general‚ senator from 2005-2014‚ soldier‚ advocator and humanitarian. Founder of The Romeo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative. Served in staff‚ training‚ and command positions through North America‚ Europe‚ and Africa‚ rising in rank from Army Cadet in 1960 to Lieutenant General in 1998. Funds specific projects for children affected by the civil war and genocide in 1994. Dallaire started an altruistic organization‚ which is particularly designed for unfortunate young people to
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violent adolescents who were trained to devastate. Now that some of these age old wars are ending‚ the question of what to do with the many child combatants is becoming a hot debate. Despite some people believing otherwise‚ former child soldiers should not be given amnesty because the lives they go back to are not good‚ amnesty
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