Child Soldiers: An Overview. - Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, 2001. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Article 51. Human Relations, 1522-3248; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Originally Published: Child Soldiers: An Overview, June 12, 2001; pp. n.p..

"At any one time, more than 300,000 children under 18--girls and boys--are fighting as soldiers with government armed forces and armed opposition groups in more than 30 countries worldwide." (COALITION TO STOP THE USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS) This report is an in-depth study of the growing problem of children and youth being used as soldiers in conflicts around the world and an examination of efforts to protect them.

1522-3248;


Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989.


Child abuse.
Child soldiers.
Child welfare.

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