American-Funded Child Soldiers

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Published on Friday, 01 April 2016 13:45
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Open Society Foundations The law sounds pretty straightforward: the Child Soldiers Prevention Act prohibits the U.S. government from providing military aid to countries that put children in combat.

In reality, that “law” is more of a guideline—readily ignored when it proves inconvenient.

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The truth is, the U.S. government routinely funds militaries that use child soldiers when it feels that it’s in America’s national security interest to do so.

Learn about the loophole that allows the United States to abet the use of child soldiers.

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An expert panel discusses U.S. military assistance and children’s rights violations on March 30 in Washington, D.C.

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