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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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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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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A child named Akbar‚ only 16 years of age‚ is one of the few escapees from a war-stricken country. How do you think he was able to flee? Do you think sheer luck saved him by evading bullets from hundreds of guns? Or did he brutally slaughter every soldier he saw? Not everyone knows about these child soldiers. In general‚ for some parts of the world‚ there are kids holding guns and killing adults. For people like the family of Sgt. Christopher Speer‚ the idea of child soldiers are of the utmost
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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. General Information about Child Soldiers The numbers of child soldiers are continually variable given the growth of diverse armed conflicts. The number of children under the age of 18 who have been forced or induced to take up arms as child soldiers is commonly thought to be around of 300‚000. Non-governmental military organizations tend to recruit soldiers under the age of 15.Governmental armed forces‚ on the other hand‚ are more likely to recruit soldiers under the age of 18. From what
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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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Child soldiers should not be held accountable for war crimes. They do not choose to fight or kill. There are 200‚000 child soldiers worldwide that are being forced to fight against their will. Although they did not choose to fight‚ some people think they need to be held accountable.” These children knew exactly what they were doing and should not be excused from their actions…” Once their trust is earned‚ child soldiers can be easily manipulated. “Child soldiers are ideal‚” a military commander
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Child Soldiers Children grow up believing in a man that flies in a sleigh with reindeer to every house in the world in a matter of hours‚ so we can ask‚ why can’t they be taught that war and power is good? Children can grow up and believe anything is good; this is the beauty of being a kid. All over the world‚ children are being brainwashed to believe war and killing people is an okay crime. Child soldiers should be given amnesty or rehabilitation. Children are being forced to serve as soldiers
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