This petition was submitted during the 2015–2017 Conservative government
Petition Calling for government to pressure foreign governments to stop child soldiers.
The use of chid soldiers in developing countries is worrying. They are used to murder civilians and soldiers alike. In many cases the children would be forced to slaughter there own families. Before the age of 18 they are already in war. we need to fix this.
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Currently there is an estimated 250,000 child soldiers, that have been recruited by both governments and rebel groups. Often the children would be forced to murder a family member to sever there connections with community. This makes it hard for them to ever return home. In 10 years; 10 million children have suffered from psychological trauma, 2 million children have been murdered, one million children have been left orphaned and a further 2 million have suffered from life altering injuries.
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