Child Soldiers Prosecuting

For many years, countless children have been used in wars. These kids are forced by their scheming commanders with drugs, false obligations, and threats. They are told to kill innocent people, destroy homes and buildings, act as spies, and so much more. According to child-soldiers.org, “two million children have been killed in conflict. Over one million have been orphaned, over six million have been seriously injured or permanently disabled and over ten million have been left with serious psychological trauma.” Child soldiers endure many unimaginable sights, sounds, and actions that are very harmful to their young, developing minds. While child soldiers are accountable for many crimes, they should still be given a second chance instead of

Child soldiers are a big problem in countries around the world. Just because it is not a problem in our country we should still be informed about it. Child soldiers are victims not criminals. Kids do not know what life is like here in America, or life in other countries. They think it is normal to fight in the military at a very young age. The military leaders brainwash the kids, kids are forced to fight and girls are getting used by the members.

I am against child soldiers being prosecuted. My conclusion has been standing for a while now. Think back to when children are fighting on the front lines hearing guns shoot back and forth, falling to their knees in pain, and they didn't even have a choice. Children should not be prosecuted for a dirty deed planned by someone else, and forced upon the child by someone else, we should only prosecute the “someone else”; not the innocent child behind the master

Going back to the topic of the child soldiers getting taken from their families, brainwashed and drugged. Most child soldiers are taken from their homes and are trained to kill people. Although I understand that some of them volunteer to join, they

In the article “Child Soldiers: If not Prosecution, Then What?” written in December 2006 through February 2007. The author writes that some children are kidnapped by military officers and then the children are brainwashed into doing very cruel things. The thing is is that they are kidnapped and then brainwashed to do these horrible

Child soldiers are struggling with recovering from their unbearable life they lived involving wars and deaths. These are children who become fearless and careless on killing innocent lives such as their own blood, in order to keep themselves alive. These children are either considered victims or perpetrators, but their isn’t a wrong or right answer. Child soldiers live in a terrible place that isn’t required for these children. Throughout society today there has been multiple arguments on how to categorize these children in. Some may argue, Child soldiers are perpetrators because they’re well matured to make their own decision and are well capable of having protection. However, others may argue that these children are victims because they’re

My first piece of evidence comes from debatewise. According to someone on debatewise “Child soldiers rarely have the same understanding of their decisions and actions as adults and therefore should not be held responsible for their actions.” Why should these kids be held responsible? They don't even understand what adults do. These kids are too young to understand the consequences of their actions. my next piece of evidence comes from the article armed and underage. According to armed and underage “These kids can be so easily brainwashed” How are you suppose to be aware of what you're doing when you have been brainwashed? It is not child soldiers fault for these crimes if they were not fully capable of understanding what they were doing because they were brainwashed. Now for my last piece of evidence which comes from a summative essay. According to a summative essay on child soldiers “They lack the mental maturity and judgement to express consent or to fully understand the implications of their actions.” Like I said before, these child soldiers are not mentally capable of understanding the consequences of their actions. They may not fully understand the meaning of death. That is the evidence I have found for this idea. Now some of you people out there may be thinking they at least know bad from wrong. Well let me tell you, when you're young, scared, and confused from being

Child soldiers were kids that were forced to kill americans. They shouldn’t be send to jail. Why? Because what they did they had no other option , they’re too young many soldiers were scarf for life & they have a life ahead of them.

Children are one of the many victims of conflicts especially in places like Syria and Sudan where there is a constant exchange of combat. Many children lose their families or are abducted by one side and are left with nothing. These children have no choice but to join with which ever side will accept them, “Bosco was six years old when he was handed a machete by Ugandan rebels led by Joseph Kony. They demanded he kill his little sister (Juli)... Juli was five. She had to die because she couldn 't keep up with the rebels ' pace as they moved to the next location.” (Christina Ruta, 2013). The children that are pushed into military forces often are intimidated into following orders through means like

Did you know that over ten million child soldiers have been diagnosed with psychological trauma in various foreign countries? (From ‘Child Soldiers: Victims or Perpetrators) Many of these children were prosecuted for their crimes, when in reality, jail time won’t help at all. Child soldiers have been brainwashed to only do what they’ve been told by their commander. They’ve no control over what they are doing, no child chose to go through with this. Child soldiers witness their families die and are taken away from their childhood. Each child is tormented and abused to become the perfect soldier; one who listens to all commands and keeps their mouth shut. It is not the child’s fault for their crimes, they didn’t choose to go on this path of destruction

That child soldiers are not different from criminals. An article called Child Soldiers, Prosecution argues that, “Child soldier have been responsible for some of the most brutal and violent acts in war time,” (Debatewise, 2016). Child soldiers have committed mutilation and mass killings of civilians. Under most domestic laws, the age of criminal prosecution can be much lower than 18. If a child can be convicted for murder under national law, they should also be held accountable for international crimes. In spite of this, child soldiers are not morally responsible for their actions. On the other hand, in the same article from Debatewise, an opinion states that, “Child soldiers are often the victims themselves,” (Debatewise, 2016). Children, when forced to join the army, are also forced to commit acts they normally would not, had they had the choice. They are only following orders of adults rather than acting for themselves. The commanders in charge of the children also use drugs and alcohol to make children more compliant to orders. Child soldiers, unless proven otherwise, should not be held responsible for actions they were forced to commit and had little to no understanding

For starters, most child soldiers are soldiers against their will. According to the article “Child Soldiers should be Prosecuted” the author states, “Children are often forced into fighting and have little choice over whether they enlist” (1). This gives the readers a clear explanation in how most of the soldiers are forced into the life they have. They barely have a voice on whether they enlist or not. In additions, another article titled “Armed & Underaged” the author, Jeffery Gettleman states that sometimes parents make the decision to send their child to war (8). This evidence further expands on the reason that in most cases, the children have little to no choice on whether they are sent to war, and sometimes because of their parents. Gettleman

Child soldiers are being used to fight these wars all over the world and it is very gruesome. The way that all of them are being treated is very disturbing. One article that I read that was published by “weebly” said that these children are being used as suicide bombers, sex slaves, and front line fighters in the war. I find this very hard to take in because if I put it into perspective I have no clue what I would do if I was put in their shoes. What they are going through is a very scary and difficult thing that no child of any age should have to go through and even any adult. Even though that would

All around the world there are nearly 300,000 child soldiers. Should they all be prosecuted as criminals, or given the chance to change in rehab facilities? This is a very touchy topic for many people, as they may have been personally affected by child soldiers involved in violent conflicts all over the world. There are many ways the children could get into these awful wars. They could be forced into it via poverty, loss of parents, loss of home, or they join the army on their own accord, believing that they are helping the rebel cause. Child soldiers are becoming more and more common in poverty or war stricken countries. Should these children be prosecuted for doing things they have no interest in doing or be treated as victims and be allowed

Am here to talking about child soldiers how do they get the child soldiers hear let me tell you how they get them they kidnap them when they a little kid like ages around 7 to 9 and the people train them for war they train to kill other people some of the kids do drugs. Children are more easily manipulated than adult fighters. Many children will fight on the frontlines. Not all fight, they may be given jobs such as couriers. Girls are often forced into sexual slavery. Many are recruited by force stolen from their families and forced to fight. In some cases children are made to kill their relatives so they can never return home. Others join voluntarily, driven by poverty and the hope of a regular meal. These child soldiers are