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Year 10 Human Wellbeing Inquiry: Child soldiers

Child Soldiers

Child Soldiers

United Nations

The recruitment and use of children is one of the UN's Six Grave Violations Against Children During Armed Conflict. 

 

Decent work and economic growth is Goal 8 of the United Nation's 17 Sustainable Development Goals to transform the world

and Target 8.7 states, "Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms."