Pros And Cons Of Punishment Of Child Soldiers

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Have you ever wondered if child soldiers should be prosecuted or should given amnesty? I think we should give child soldiers a chance at life by giving them amnesty. Some people might not agree with me but i have several reasons that support my claim because it’s not there fault they are either drugged or they are bribed by food or they are traumatized also they might have killed their family so they have no other choice but to become a child soldier sometimes they also give them false promises and how would they know that they are liening to them but later on they find out they were lied to but they can’t do nothing about it anymore so they just have to stay a child soldier forever until they get old or get killed and then they search for more child soldiers. In this Should there be an international minimum age of criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity? The aim should not be punishment of child soldiers but rehabilitation. There are alternatives that achieve this aim better than prosecutions. Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and Disarmament, Demobilisation and Rehabilitation programs (DDR) are a better way of helping child soldiers come to terms with what they did and re-integrate them into society. Prosecutions pose the risk of being one-sided victor’s justice. They may also be selective because of lack of evidence or an overloaded justice system, so not every child soldier will be prosecuted. It is better to have a comprehensive program of rehabilitation so that all child soldiers can be re-integrated into society and rehabilitated. I agree because they don’t want to do whatever they make them do as a child soldier it’s not there fault they drugged them also they got traumatized with all the killing and blood they were seeing at war they don’t know who to trust

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