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