Child soldiers are being used daily to fight countries conflicts. The use of child soldiers is debatable, but whether their perpetrators or not is the real question. The use of child Soldiers is something that has been looked down upon in the past, but countries still use them because they want to get as many people as possible to fight for them. Governments are sending 13 year olds into the streets with AKs and sending them into battle to fight this is cruel . Child Soldiers are manipulated into joining the army, they are drugged, kidnapped, threatened, but some children actually join the army out of free will but for their lack of knowledge they join without knowing what they are getting into. The children are lied to, being told they will make money, eat, and have a good shelter but none of that is true. Child Soldiers are the victims because they are drugged to become a soldier, threatened, and they have lack of knowledge when joining on free will. Another reason why child soldiers are considered victims is because they're being threatened to do so. For example, child soldiers are typically forced into fighting and have little choice on either they enlist or not. This creates a forceful attitude and the reason why child soldiers should be considered victims. Another example for why child soldiers should be considered victims is, “Many child soldiers are compelled to follow these orders under threat of severe punishment or death,” (HRW, Page N/A). soldiers are often forced and beat if they do not comply with the recruiters. Child soldiers, within countries that are in need, are also shown to follow commands more. This is also because they are forced to comply, and the reason child soldiers should be considered victims. In addition, child soldiers should be considered victims because they are manipulated, or uninformed from a young age. Usually their families have been murdered, and they themselves have hit rock bottom. They are then recruited, or even threatened,or forced into becoming child soldiers , where they then are manipulated by their leader and persuaded that they are safe. In many cases they see their leader as a father figure and do what he says as a son or daughter would do.“All in all the children are not responsible for their actions in most instances because they are manipulated and controlled.” {HRW,N/A} If I was a child soldier I would be super mad because I would be away from my family and fight and not see my parents. Both the UN campaign Children, Not Soldiers and Child Soldiers International document and research child soldiers and progress toward ending the use of child soldiers.(“Child Soldiers”).Rifles and sub machine guns assembled in the UK could be exported for use in conflicts involving child soldiers, according to a report by European children's charities("Development Guns Assembled in the UK May Be Arming Child Soldiers”). Despite a government agreement in the District of Chad to demobilize the recruitment of child soldiers, there were between 7,000 and 10,000 children under 18 serving in combat and fulfilling other purposes in 2007 ("11 Facts About Child Soldiers"). Works Cited http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/children-s-rights/child-soldiers https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/mar/01/guns-assembled-uk-may-be-arming-child-soldiers-says-report-berlin-information-center-for-transatlantic-security https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-child-soldiers
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