Children and human rights
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Across the world children are denied their human rights, including for example, their right to education. They are recruited into armed forces. They are subjected to the death penalty, are disappeared, are punished by cruel and inhumane methods and suffer many other forms of violence.
Child soldiers
Worldwide, hundreds of thousands of children under 18 have been affected by armed conflict.
They are recruited into government armed forces, paramilitaries, civil militia and a variety of ot...
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