Should Child Soldiers Be Granted Amnesty

Child soldiers should be given amnesty because they were forced into having to go to war and if they refused to then they were either shot or killed. They were drugged if they said yes so then they will actually go out into war and fight. These kids knew what they were doing but at the same time they did know what they were doing and they couldn't resist it because they would be shot or most likely killed. So think about it if you were in charge of a country with child soldiers asking for amnesty would you give the child soldiers

To begin with, child soldiers deserve amnesty because they don’t choose or are manipulated into becoming a child soldier.When children are put into a war most of the time they don’t have a choice or are manipulated into thinking what they are doing is okay.One

Child soldiers do deserve amnesty, as long as they go through therapy and mental rehabilitation. Child soldiers are often forcibly recruited, so most of them don’t want to hurt or kill. Although some say child soldiers don’t deserve amnesty, most of the child soldiers don’t want to kill or harm others. And although some child soldiers want to hurt and/or kill others, all child soldiers deserve amnesty because they are just kids; so they should have therapy or mental rehabilitation before total forgiveness, so in all, all child soldiers deserve amnesty somehow.

Letting children soldiers receive amnesty would show that the government doesn’t enforce the law for everyone. In the United States, children who have committed a crime can take responsibility for that act at the age of fourteen. Shouldn’t the same law be in place for people who have fought in a war over fourteen? Aren’t they committing a crime too, like killing soldiers. In Child Soldiers it says, “...Many believe that child soldiers are mere replicas of child criminals; child criminals are prosecuted...If a child can be convicted for murder under these domestic laws there should be no exception for child soldiers just because their crimes occurred in wartime.” This shows that children soldiers should not be forgiven because everyone should have equal consequences for equal acts, which means children soldiers should not be given

Children are forced by commanders through false promises. Many believe that child soldiers are not morally responsible for the actions they perform. I think that is unfair for kids my age to be dealing with this situation and having to deal with this every day their commanders. And i agree child soldiers should not be blamed they are not responsible for their actions only if someone is telling them do or something bad will happen to you or his family. This type of situation is called amnesty because you are dealing with some commanders and some horrible living conditions.

Child soldiers are victims to an unfortunate outcome when viciously stolen from reality and their childhoods. Drugged, brainwashed,and armed these kids are taught at an impressionable age that in war it's kill or be killed. They are given no other option than to participate in this war, so child soldiers should be granted amnesty.

In my opinion, child soldiers should not be granted amnesty. Child soldiers should serve at least some years to think about what they did. Letting someone go after killing so many people is not fair to the deceased family. In addition, all child soldiers should take a lie detector test to prove if they were forced to be soldiers or wanted to be soldiers. Everyone should be forgiven, but sometimes forgiving is hard to do.

One topic that has been debated recently is whether child soldiers from other countries are victims or perpetrators, and whether they should be given amnesty or not. Many believe that child soldiers are the victims, since they have no choice but to join or else they would be killed, and should also be given amnesty since they don’t know what they are doing because they are filled up with drugs. However, those child soldiers should be mentally sane to be given amnesty and earn their citizenship the way immigrants earn their citizenship.

Child Soldiers in general i think should and shouldn’t because they were fighting against us in war, but then again they were drugged and brainwashed to.

They don’t deserve rehabilitation, let alone amnesty. People have expressed this belief with phrases such as, “child soldiers are no different from child criminals” (Debatewise) or, “these children knew exactly what they were doing and should not be excused from their actions simply because they are thought to be too young to take responsibility” (Debatewise). It cannot be denied that these statements have some truth to them, however harsh they may be. A nine-year-old in America who commits a crime shouldn’t be treated differently than a nine-year-old in Iraq with an army alongside him and a gun on his shoulder. And yet, if a juvenile American offender can be rehabilitated, child soldiers should be granted the same

Although Children should be rehabilitate, Some people disagrees. According to “ gov.uk” says that Punishment is very important to the justice system. What they only believe is what the law thinks and not what works. “gov.uk” said, “ Punishment is an essential part of the justice system”,What their motto is law is more important then what works. What do I think?, I still think that child soldiers should be rehabilitated and they need to understand that it is not about the law, it is about how the child soldier is gonna turn out. Children are too young to go to a prison. When children goes to prison they may not understand what is going on; and they need to go to rehab to let them know that this is bad and they should not be killing and taking

As I mentioned above, child soldiers should receive amnesty when they are young when they were taken. What this means is when they were taken were they young enough to know right from wrong. For example according to Unionofproffesors.org and an article titled “Child Soldiers” a kid who was around 7-8 years old said “We just fought we

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

Another reason why child soldiers should be given a pardon is because other countries including the U.S. are funding the countries that allow child soldiers’ military. According to the article “ Armed & Underage”, Because the U.S. is helping to pay Somali soldiers, it is possible that the money for some child soldiers may have come from American taxpayers.” If the U.S continues to fund these militaries, commanders would be able to get more and more children to fight for their

Child soldiers throughout third world areas should receive amnesty for their wrong doings. Many of them had no choice or chance to do what they believed was right. Most of these children were forced to fight by the officers and the leaders. There is also the counter argument that by providing these kids amnesty and allowing them to get away with their crimes, more kids will be thrown into battle because there is no punishment. In some cases for these child soldiers, it was either kill or be killed, and they did not want to die. Child soldiers should be granted amnesty and forgiven of their war crimes.