IT’S IMMORAL FOR ADULTS TO USE CHILDREN IN WAR

We want all chil­dren to enjoy their human rights, free from mil­i­tary use and exploita­tion. To achieve this, we sup­port com­mu­ni­ties to resist recruit­ment activ­i­ties, advo­cate for stronger legal stan­dards world­wide, and cam­paign to ensure that deci­sion-mak­ers pro­tect children’s rights more effectively.

Our strategy

Our three-year strat­e­gy is informed by one over­ar­ch­ing goal: to pre­vent all mil­i­tary recruit­ment of any child under the age of 18. This will be done by lob­by­ing all states with armed forces to Declare18! by adopt­ing 18 as the min­i­mum age for mil­i­tary recruitment.

Our work with communities

We col­lab­o­rate with com­mu­ni­ties, help­ing them to safe­guard their chil­dren from recruiters, while also build­ing infor­ma­tion about the prob­lem and devel­op­ing effec­tive respons­es. Work­ing with those com­mu­ni­ties, we then engage with nation­al and inter­na­tion­al author­i­ties to bet­ter pro­tect children’s rights.