143 governments have pledged to abide by an international treaty banning the use of children under the age of 18 in direct hostilities
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Support the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict's Zero Under 18 campaign, designed at:
- Encouraging all States to raise the age of voluntary recruitment to a minimum of 18 years;
- Raising awareness of States parties’ obligation to criminalize recruitment and use of persons under the age of 18 years; and
- Promoting the adoption and effective implementation of relevant national legislation.
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The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers has now become Child Soldiers International.
Child Soldiers International works to prevent the recruitment and use of children as soldiers, to secure their demobilisation and to ensure their rehabilitation and reintegration.
Read our new leaflet here.
Website contents
Under Child Soldiers you will find facts about child soldiers, the answers to frequently asked questions, recent developments, and details of international standards on children and armed conflict. In the same section there is information about government armed forces and armed groups, and a page on DDR (disarmament, demobilization and reintegration).
The CSI section explains who we are and what we do.
Under Regions you can search for information about individual countries and regions.
In the Library you will find all our Global Reports and themed reports, together with those of partner organizations, and an up-to-date listing of media coverage of child soldiers from around the world.
We have developed a psycho-social section to foster a constructive inter and intra-disciplinary dialogue on relevant psycho-social issues in the area of children and armed conflict.
On our Get Involved page you can find out how to make a donation, raise money for Child Soldiers International by shopping online or changing your search engine, and join in letter writing campaigns.
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