OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT — Rwanda law | Esheria

OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT

States Parties must take feasible measures to ensure that armed forces members under 18 do not directly take part in hostilities.

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Jurisdiction
Rwanda
Instrument
Act or statute
Status
In force
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Language
mul
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States Parties must take feasible measures to ensure that armed forces members under 18 do not directly take part in hostilities. States Parties must ensure that people under 18 are not compulsorily recruited into their armed forces. States Parties must raise the minimum age for voluntary recruitment into their armed forces, file a binding declaration, and keep safeguards if they recruit under-18s. Armed groups distinct from a State’s armed forces should not recruit or use children under 18 in hostilities, and States Parties must take feasible measures to prevent and criminalize that conduct. This provision says the Protocol must not be read as stopping the application of national, international, or humanitarian law provisions that better promote children’s rights.