Why Do Child Soldiers Deserve Amnesty?
Do Child Soldiers Deserve Amnesty?
Child soldiers are used all around the world, and are being abused, and forced to commit horrible acts just to survive. With these children under the age of 18 being taken or literally forced into becoming a soldier in the ranks of drug addicts and murderers, it is clear these children aren’t acting or thinking like they would be had they never been involved in warfare. These children, whether or not they have ever committed an crime against humanity, deserve amnesty or political forgiveness for their actions as they were forced, under the influence of drugs, and don't have the same decision making skills as adults. However, what for those who were killed by these soldiers, for the families who lost their …show more content…
If we allow these soldiers to walk free, no one is safe. The child is forced back into the drug induced military where they killed, raped and murdered, innocent people. If we allowed to them to go back, the number of crimes would only grow. “If child soldiers are not prosecuted this could be an incentive for their commanders to delegate them to commit war crimes as they would know there are no consequences.” (pg. 18) Releasing child soldiers only hurts people. The child is forced back to the drug induced killing grounds that warfare is, and they may be chosen specifically to commit serious acts against humanity. As they grow, they will turn more and more dangerous, killing and raping easier than before. It should be a crime to allow a child back into these types of places, and that is why we must not let them back to their home country or back into society without being changed into a suitable human for living among civilians. “...in the last ten years over two million children have been killed, over one million orphaned, over six million have been left seriously injured or permanently disabled and over 10 million have been diagnosed with psychological trauma.”
Child soldiers are used all around the world, and are being abused, and forced to commit horrible acts just to survive. With these children under the age of 18 being taken or literally forced into becoming a soldier in the ranks of drug addicts and murderers, it is clear these children aren’t acting or thinking like they would be had they never been involved in warfare. These children, whether or not they have ever committed an crime against humanity, deserve amnesty or political forgiveness for their actions as they were forced, under the influence of drugs, and don't have the same decision making skills as adults. However, what for those who were killed by these soldiers, for the families who lost their …show more content…
If we allow these soldiers to walk free, no one is safe. The child is forced back into the drug induced military where they killed, raped and murdered, innocent people. If we allowed to them to go back, the number of crimes would only grow. “If child soldiers are not prosecuted this could be an incentive for their commanders to delegate them to commit war crimes as they would know there are no consequences.” (pg. 18) Releasing child soldiers only hurts people. The child is forced back to the drug induced killing grounds that warfare is, and they may be chosen specifically to commit serious acts against humanity. As they grow, they will turn more and more dangerous, killing and raping easier than before. It should be a crime to allow a child back into these types of places, and that is why we must not let them back to their home country or back into society without being changed into a suitable human for living among civilians. “...in the last ten years over two million children have been killed, over one million orphaned, over six million have been left seriously injured or permanently disabled and over 10 million have been diagnosed with psychological trauma.”