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Child Soldiers Ratification Campaign Jamaica While Jamaica accepts voluntary recruits under 18 with parental consent, it has generally been supportive of the "straight-18" principle, for instance during its term on the UN Security Council. Jamaica's Permanent Representative in New York, Ambassador Patricia Durrant, is chairing the preparatory process for the upcoming UN Special Session on Children. Jamaica signed the Optional Protocol in September 2000. Success! On May 9, 2002, Jamaica ratified the optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflicts. BACK TO: Children's Rights > Stop the Use of Child Soldiers! |
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