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Child Soldiers - A Global Problem
From Global Report on Child Soldiers 2001. As this report shows, the use of children as soldiers is a global issue requiring a global response. While the problem has been most critical in Africa and Asia, children are used as soldiers by governments and armed groups in many countries in the Americas, Europe and Middle East.  R
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

Child Soldiers - An Overview
From Global Report on Child Soldiers - 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.  R
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

Key Points of the Global Report on Child Soldiers
The Global Report on Child Soldiers analyses military recruitment by governments and armed groups in 180 countries.  R
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

Testimonies from Child Soldiers
from Global Report on Child Solders 2001  R
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

The Use of Children as Soldiers
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Global Report on Child Soldiers 2001
The leading global assessment on child soldiers
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

Human Rights Watch Campaign: Stop the Use of Child Soldiers!

Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict - Full Text
Human Rights Watch

The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers was formed in June 1998 to advocate for the adoption of, and adherence to, national, regional and international legal standards (including an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child) prohibiting the military recruitment and use in hostilities of any person younger than eighteen years of age; and the recognition and enforcement of this standard by all armed forces and armed groups, both governmental and non-governmental.