International laws and child rights
Back to Topic
Click to Print
Useful Websites
Glossary Term Selection
This article is 7 years old.
Click here to view the latest articles for this topic.
Over the past 40 years, international law has developed to better protect children from military exploitation.
In 1977, the Additional Protocols to the 1949 Geneva Conventions prohibited the military recruitment and use of children under the age of 15, which is now recognised as a war crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (2002). It applies to both government-controlled armed forces and non-state armed groups.
The prohibition on the use of children under 15 was reaf...
Want to see the rest of this article?
Would you like to see the rest of this article and all the other benefits that Issues Online can provide with?
- Useful related articles
- Video and multimedia references
- Statistical information and reference material
- Glossary of terms
- Key Facts and figures
- Related assignments
- Resource material and websites
