Getting children off the battlefield – GlobalPost

February 13, 2012 Posted By: Leave a comment
Aruna was 15. Incredibly, until a decade ago, it was legal under international law to recruit children as young as Aruna and send them into combat. That changed 10 years ago on February 12, 2002, when a new United Nations treaty took effect, setting 18 as ...
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