Here’s a newly release report that documents what we are seeing everyday in schools. Military recruiters are targeting children and thus are breaking international law. Here’s the report:
WASHINGTON, May 13 (IPS) – Pressed by the demands of the “global war on terrorism”, the United States is violating an international protocol that forbids the recruitment of children under the age of 18 for military service, according to a new report released Tuesday by a major civil rights group that charged that recruitment practices target children as young as 11 years old.
Full article here.
