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This site defines terms and recounts relevant international standards in relation to child soldiers. These include the 1997 additional protocols to the four Geneva conventions and the Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989, the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998), ILO Worst Forms of child Labor Convention 182, and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of children in Armed Conflict.
Human Rights Watch, http://hrw.org
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Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. We stand with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice. It investigates and exposes human rights violations and hold abusers accountable. It challenges governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law. It enlists the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all.
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Human Rights News: Children Used as Soldiers in Most Major Conflicts