Human R ights Violation

1. Right to an education. No one shall be treated to inhuman treatment or torture. Child soldiers Alex Aguayo Charles Allen Oscar Morales Airton Orozco Ulyses Cornejo Human Rights Violation

2. Right to Education violation involving child soldiers. • Due to the fact children are being used as soldiers they are being denied the right to an education. • By children being denied an education they feel that they have to be a soldier in order to survive. • Also, they will become illiterate. • “Children who are poor, displaced from their families, have limited access to education, or live in a combat zone are more likely to be forcibly recruited.” • Some are as young as 8 years old.

3. Uses of child soldiers • Fighters, cooks, suicide bombers, human shields, messengers, spies, or for sexual purposes • Females make up a estimate 10 to 30 percent of child soldiers, used for sexual violence. • In the last 13 years, the use of child soldiers has spread to almost every region of the world and to every armed conflict.

4. Solutions to prevent child soldiers To show other countries how child soldiers are being used in Africa by walking them through scenarios. by doing this countries can start relief efforts to start a security efforts to prevent attacks on villages.

5. Solutions for giving free education Build schools in villages. Send books to Africa. Africa needs teachers to show kids how to read and write. Send teachers to Central African Republic.

6. Africa map where child soldiers are used Political distress in Africa has crippled the education system which lead to child being used a child soldiers. The map shows places where child soldiers are being used in africa.

7. Resources • https://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-child-soldiers • http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/08/world/africa/ishmael-beah-child-soldier/ • http://rightsandwrongs.pbworks.com/w/page/8788542/Child%20Soldiers • Google.com