Globally efforts are being made to prevent the recruitment of child soldiers by the rebel powers. In this context, in the month of February, nearly 58 nations across the world signed an agreement titled the ‘Paris Principles’ so as to prevent any child from being forcefully pushed into the claustrophobic atmosphere of the raging wars and to help them get back to their routine life.
Unfortunately, such a pledge no doubt have helped the helpless young souls, but reports from the child experts and many other sources reveals that even today near about 250,000 child soldiers are still vigorously involved in bloodsheds in many parts of the world.
Starting from Latin America to bits and parts in Asia, the traumas of the child soldiers are very much alive. No one can ever forget the horrendous days of the 1990’s, when in Sierra Leone, Congo and in Liberia, children were pushed into picking up Kalashnikovs and machetes and shoot straight in the heart of the enemy, without a single shaky movement showing in their hands.
The days of terror are not yet over. Many aid activists and members of other voluntary organization have stated that the actual percentage of child soldiers are still a mystery for all, as there are places such as Afghanistan, Somalia, Central African Republic and Iran, where it is almost impossible for anyone to retrieve any data and facts about these abandoned souls.
Have anyone ever tried to bifurcate the rock bottom fact for the child falling prey to the rebel’s manipulative plans? The reason stated by child protection advisor, Johanna MacVeigh reads thus:
“Rebel leaders find children very easy to manipulate. These groups continue to target children. They find it very easy to take a child as young as 9 and break them down through forcing them to commit atrocities.”
There could be many other diversified facts behind such a huge figure. The only way to make this issue stop its demonic momentum is by forcing the rebel forces with severe punishable laws to abstain from such recruitment. Though it is quite an early stage to form such tight laws, yet there is no harm in putting the plans to action.
Via: Reuters
