Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on US Compliance with the Optional Protocol

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June 5, 2008 8:00PM EDT | Amicus Briefing

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on US Compliance with the Optional Protocol

This submission by US Campaign to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers addresses US deployment of 17-year-olds to combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, recruitment practices, the detention of child soldiers in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the treatment of asylum seeking former child soldiers.

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