Abstract
This chapter explores the existing legal framework relevant to the protection of child soldiers. It concerns children's rights in the context of armed conflict and involvement of children in it. In recent years, the use of child soldiers by both government forces and insurgent groups in African countries such as Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone and Sudan has been witnessed and harshly condemned by the international community. Such as the UN Security Council (UNSC) passed s number of resolutions condemning the use of child soldiers. Child soldiers also found protection within the discourse of international criminal law. There are some indications that protections for child soldiers could be better enforced at the regional level. The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) established under the ACRWC, with the necessary financial and technical support, can prove itself to be major tool for alleviating the problem of child soldiers in Africa.
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