3.1 Reintegration of former female child soldiers The previous sections explained the conflict in Northern Uganda and the use of child soldiers by the LRA. Some of the children who were abducted fled immediately. Others were hold longer by the LRA‚ but managed to escape. Another group are the children who remain with the LRA until adulthood. There are only a few children who remain with the LRA and secure a position with considerable influence‚ such as a LRA leader (Drumbl‚ 2012). 80 percent of
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“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. Since 2000‚ the participation of child soldiers has been reported in most armed conflicts in almost every region in the world. They may fight on the front lines‚ participate in suicide missions‚ and act as spies‚ messengers or lookouts. Girls
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own lives and forced to do things that adult soldiers may not be able to do. An example of this breach of human rights would be their initiation process; some are forced to kill their friends or family. If they choose to disobey their orders‚ they can be either tortured harshly‚ or killed. They are not the only victims within this breach though. Their family members‚ or other members of the community who have fallen victim to the children and adult soldiers of the LRA may find themselves being tortured
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The issue regarding child soldiers is one that is familiar to most persons‚ yet the progress in the process of addressing such problem moves at a very slow pace due to its increasing depth in the past twenty years. According to past reading‚ women and children were involved in many battles conducted during the time of the American colonization (Camacho‚ 2003‚ 5). However‚ it was a case in February‚ 1999 that truly opened the public’s eye towards the issue of child soldiers for it was regarding a
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The use of child soldiers is an unpardonable crime. Anybody with the authority to make this decision must have the highest integrity and morals‚ and using child soldiers simply goes against my and any respectable persons conscious. Their morals would simply forbid them from using child soldiers. The definition of child soldier according to https://www.dosomething.org is “a Child soldiers are any children under the age of 18 who are recruited by a state or non-state armed group and used as fighters
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Many Child soldiers are being placed in the middle of a war and should be granted amnesty. These children are being forced to fight. The warlords are using alcohol and drugs to make it so the children don’t know what they’re doing and are forcing the children to fight. They become brainwashed when they are consuming the drugs and alcohol. On the other hand‚ the child soldiers are committing the same crime as child criminals and should have the same consequence as them. Both criminals are killing
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serving as soldiers‚ what they do as soldiers‚ and how citizens are trying to put an end to it. The children of Uganda are being kidnapped from their families to become soldiers and sex slaves by the Lord’s Resistance Army. The paper will help to explain when‚ where‚ how‚ and why Joseph Kony is stealing children from their families in Uganda. It will also explore what the children do as they serve Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army (Amone-P’Olak‚ 2014). It will go in depth on routines of the child soldiers
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The current situation of children used in armed conflicts is extremely serious. Nearly 300 000 children are engaged as soldiers in more than 30 countries worldwide. It is a fact that many of these states are located in Africa. Hence‚ it is particularly in interest of the Republic of Zimbabwe that this problem is solved. In 1998‚ the International Crime Court categorized the conscripting of children under the age of 15 into national armed forces‚ or the active using of the latter in hostilities‚ as
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Should Countries prosecute child soldiers for crimes committed during wartime? In over twenty countries around the world‚ children are direct participants in war. All through history and in many cultures‚ children are participants in military atrocities‚ even when such actions were against cultural morals. Dating back to the 70’s‚ several countries have held conventions to deter this widespread dilemma. The violence‚ torture‚ and abuse these children face are horrific. Many of the youths are less
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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
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