Should Child Soldiers Receive Amnesty?

Should child soldiers be given amnesty? At what age should they be held responsible for their actions? Should we try to help them? Some soldiers are taken off the streets, others sold into the army, and some join for safety and food. In conclusion it becomes clear that child soldiers should be given amnesty because there are other ways to stop the use of child soldiers, they are not cared about,
Instead of trying child soldiers for war crimes countries should attack the leaders who authorized the act. One is reason for this is:
In 2012, for example, it announced it would withhold military financing from the Democratic Republic of Congo and training from a Congolese battalion until Congo signed an action plan with the United Nations to end its use of child soldiers. Congo had been dragging its feet for seven years on signing the plan, but agreed to its terms only five days after the U.S. …show more content…
One would know this because children in war torn countries witness floggings,stonings,amputations, and have seen their friends and family killed or tortured (Children in Somalia facing war crimes). Also, “A 13-year-old girl from Mogadishu told Amnesty International: ‘Al-Shabab came in one morning… They said to the teachers that all of the children should move out of class. There was a car waiting outside and they forced the children in. One teacher was killed because he refused to obey’” (Children in Somalia facing war crimes). Plus, “Some children interviewed by Amnesty International witnessed teachers being killed during attacks on schools and reported that some girls were even forced into marriages with fighters(Children in Somalia facing war crimes). This proves the claim because if the children are always seeing death they are going to think that is it ok, especially when they younger and look up to