Support the child soldiers treaty

While only two countries have yet to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child, its optional protocol on the rights of children in armed conflict has been left un-ratified by 51 countries. This protocol goes further than the convention, by requiring signatory countries to enforce a ban on compulsory recruitment of soldiers under 18, among other things. That was a rather preposition-heavy sentence. And this, the full text of the protocol, is a rather preposition-heavy document: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/crc-conflict.htm. However, Amnesty International has made it easy to pressure governments to adopt the protocol. It's provided a template to send to UN representatives of countries that have not ratified the protocol.


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