Child soldiers
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Description:
"The Tatmadaw (military) has punished 65 officers and soldiers who were found guilty of recruiting child soldiers, according to a recently released four-year report by the Ministry of Defence.
It said that 28 officers and 37 soldiers were punished but gave no details of their punishment.
The report said that since 2012, the Tatmadaw had discharged 1006 soldiers found to be 18-years-old or younger. The ministry said that to prevent the recruitment and use of children in the Tatmadaw, it had been complying with the Joint Action Plan with the UN Country Task Force on Monitoring and Reporting since 2012.
It said that 681 officers and 3121 soldiers across the country have undergone training to implement the Joint Action Plan in compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1612, which mandates UN-led task forces in countries where there is evidence of grave violations committed against children by armed forces or armed groups.
The task force establishes a monitoring and reporting mechanism that documents, verifies and reports to the Security Council grave violations, such as the killing or maiming of children.
Other such violations include recruitment and use of children in armed forces and armed groups, attacks on schools or hospitals, rape or other grave sexual violence, abduction of children, and denial of humanitarian access to children..."
Source/publisher:
"Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
Date of publication:
2020-04-28
Date of entry/update:
2020-04-28
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Child soldiers, Children
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