Child Soldiers

Autor: Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) 

Año: 2006

Resumen original: For the purposes of this Backgrounder, a child soldier is defined as a person under a prescribed age who is a member, or attached to, a country's armed forces or any other regular or irregular armed force or group, whether or not he or she is involved in armed conflict.

Child soldiers fill a variety of roles, from taking part in hostilities to logistical and support functions. They may also be exploited in other ways, for example, as sex slaves. As highlighted in the Cape Town Principles, a set of recommendations for governments and communities adopted at an international symposium in 1997, the term child soldier does not only refer to a child who is carrying or has carried arms.

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