Military Combat Children

The unlawful action of use of children in military combat is extremely destructive to child development and countries or regions which this type of combat in use should be aware of how its own advancement in the world is dragged backwards. The youth of every country is it's the future. Therefore, putting children as young as 10 years old into combat causes mental and physical issues which are utterly difficult to heal from. Affecting reintegration into society and making it difficult to thrive in life. Japan has long been engaged and very dedicated with regards to being a shepherd in initiatives that prevent and address the recruitment and use of child soldiers. For Japan the last widely known use of children in military combat was in World War II. Japanese …show more content…
Japan has taken steps to insure the problem was to be taken care. Japan being one of the founders of the league of nations agreed to the Geneva conventions. Part of the Geneva Conventions included the Declaration on the Rights of the Child. In it, Additional Protocol I states that “children who have not attained the age of fifteen years shall neither be recruited in the armed forces or groups nor allowed to take part in hostilities.” In 1959 the Declaration of the Rights of the Child was refined more extensively for children around the globe. Japan being a leader in supporting it. The country recognitions the root causes of recruitment, war, poverty, and corruption in its infrastructure being some. Japan has a very involved educational institutions and top universities in the world which gives the youth involvement in the society and straying away from chaos and manipulated children. Lastly Japan has signed and agreed on documents such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which agreed to a minimum enlistment age of fifteen in militaries. Including agreeing to Optional Protocol I of the CRC, minimum enlistment age of