Public schools serve as prime recruiting grounds for the military. The Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (Optional Protocol) is meant to safeguard the rights of children under 18 from military recruitment and deployment to war, and to guarantee basic protections to former child soldiers, whether they are seeking refugee protection in the United States or are in U.S. custody for alleged crimes. Read this document by the ACLU to learn more about abusive US Military recruitment and failure to protect child soldiers, both violations of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict.
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