When it comes to the topic of child soldiers‚ most people agree that it is immoral and wrong. Where this agreement ends however is on the question of whether child soldiers should be prosecuted‚ or granted amnesty.Whereas some believe that soldiers are criminals and should be punished‚ others maintain that child soldiers have been forced to carry out immoral acts and should be granted amnesty by the United Nations. I feel that child soldiers should be forgiven and granted amnesty because they were
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Would you like it if your children where taken from you to become a child soldier‚ well in Somalia children have been taken to become child soldiers. They are getting prosecuted for it as well‚ child soldiers should not be prosecuted for this. Theses child soldiers are being forced to fight against their will. Ishmael Beth was a child soldier in a news report on CBS News and he said that they were drugged. Also a gun was held up to there held every second this went on. The children were also drug
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Nov 25‚ 2015 Recruitment of Child Soldier in Sierra Leone and The use of children as soldiers in armed conflict is among the most immorally abhorrent practices in the world. Child soldiers exist in almost every part of this world. They are just like every one else they should be treated as children and taken care of not forced into drugs and administration. Various companies have been started in the world to try and help children that are forced into becoming soldiers‚ to try and save them from
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Child soldier. Some words don’t belong together. The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) defines child soldiers as "any child—boy or girl—under eighteen years of age‚ who is part of any kind of regular or irregular armed force or armed group in any capacity." Child soldiers perform a range of tasks including participation in combat‚ laying mines and explosives; scouting‚ spying‚ acting as decoys‚ couriers or guards; training‚ drill or other preparations; logistics and support functions‚ cooking
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into combat.. killing people; perhaps even your own family. Well that’s just a glimpse at what it’s like to become a child soldier. Former child soldier‚ Ishmael Beah says he ‘sometimes feels that living in New York City‚ having a good family and friends‚ and just being alive is a dream‚ that perhaps this second life of mine isn’t really happening.’ (Beah) But what are child soldiers you might ask? They are any children under the age of 18‚ recruited by an armed
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I am a student at Sherwood Middle School‚ in Sherwood Oregon. Our class is trying to decide whether or not child soldiers deserve amnesty or not. Meanwhile‚ there are some kids that think that killing‚ and what they did is perfectly okay. Those child soldiers do not deserve amnesty. Young children are suppose to be in school‚ not fighting a war‚ high on drugs. These children need to be given amnesty and a better life‚ children are our future‚ not other people’s’ weapons. However‚ children did bad
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armies are made up of boys(“11 facts”). There are some girls taken away and put into their armies to fight‚ but most of them are used for other reasons. Over the past two years 20 states have reported to have child soldiers in government or non-government groups (“11 facts”). The use of Child Soldiers is inhumane because they are forced into the military at a young age‚ taken away from their families‚ and used on the front lines. Most of these kids are forced into the military at a young age. No matter
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Unicef isn’t helping child soldiers get rescued from countries as much as they should. Child soldiers need more attention‚ they are too young to fight in war. The news is not covering much about child soldiers and they are completely neglecting that there are also girls that are serving at child soldiers but the news doesn’t show that. Instead of using all the money on helping child soldiers they should add schools to the places so that they won’t need to go in the war because many children join
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Children of War; Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone “I still dream about the boy from my village who I killed. I see him in my dreams‚ and he is talking to me‚ saying I killed him for nothing‚ and I am crying” (Sierra Leone Rebels Forcefully Recruit Child Soldiers; 1). These are the words of a sixteen year old demobilized child soldier‚ forced to join an armed rebel group in Sierra Leone. Around the world there are over 250‚000 youth being forced to become child soldiers; they are taught to be cruel
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The social conditions that led to the destabilization before the Rwandan Genocide are an important factor in understanding the similar in social context between the Rwandan and Ugandan soldiers. There are two main factors that are said to contribute to the rise volunteer soldiers. One factor was that they “participated in the killing because other men encouraged‚ intimidated‚ and coerced them to do so in the name of authority and the law” (122). The second factor appealed to an individual’s emotional
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