When you think of the treatment of children you normally don’t think of child soldiers. Though you will not see child soldiers that much in the U.S. unless you count the few 17 year olds in the military or the gang members under the age of 18, because of this some of you wouldn’t even know what a child soldier is. Like the name suggests child soldiers are children under the age of 18 that willingly or are forced to join military organizations. The only option for these child soldiers is to do what they’re told by their commander’s.
The rights of children
Before I start to go in more detail on how a child soldier is treated, I must list some international laws that are made to protect children. The first I’m going to list is that a child is …show more content…
In a good group or a good state group the age of their soldiers would be 16 or higher and wouldn’t see any combat until they’re 18. In a bad group the ages of the soldiers could be as young as 5 years old with a high chance that they have seen death or killed someone. They could also be forced to follow orders without question or to stop them from feeling when they kill with an assortment of drugs that they force them to take. Boys and girls not only are forced to commit acts of violence, be cooks, porters, messengers, informants, but the girls are raped and are given as wives to commanders or soldiers. Also depending what group the child soldier is in, shows how the people around them would treat them good or bad. For example the U.S. and the U.K. are examples of a good group to join and because the child soldier is in a government armed group in a good country society will not discriminate them. While in other countries a bad group to join which includes certain government groups and most rebel groups would most likely have have the child soldiers rejected by many in their society and will be insulted or worse, so it is almost impossible for them to return to
The rights of children
Before I start to go in more detail on how a child soldier is treated, I must list some international laws that are made to protect children. The first I’m going to list is that a child is …show more content…
In a good group or a good state group the age of their soldiers would be 16 or higher and wouldn’t see any combat until they’re 18. In a bad group the ages of the soldiers could be as young as 5 years old with a high chance that they have seen death or killed someone. They could also be forced to follow orders without question or to stop them from feeling when they kill with an assortment of drugs that they force them to take. Boys and girls not only are forced to commit acts of violence, be cooks, porters, messengers, informants, but the girls are raped and are given as wives to commanders or soldiers. Also depending what group the child soldier is in, shows how the people around them would treat them good or bad. For example the U.S. and the U.K. are examples of a good group to join and because the child soldier is in a government armed group in a good country society will not discriminate them. While in other countries a bad group to join which includes certain government groups and most rebel groups would most likely have have the child soldiers rejected by many in their society and will be insulted or worse, so it is almost impossible for them to return to