Prosecuting A Child Soldier

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A child soldier is a any individual under the age of 18 who is recruited by the government or opposition armed forces to participate in conflict. The charges a child soldier faces include war crimes and crimes against humanity, among them murder, and, enslavement The child soldiers have killed many people and should be prosecuted for committing these war crimes. They have been influenced by these militants and there is now no sense of their old life in them. Many of these child soldiers are forced to commit atrocities against relatives or loved ones, not prosecuting a child soldier could indirectly expose child soldiers to greater risks, since military commanders might delegate the “dirtiest” orders to children because of their immunity from