SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2010, para. 65
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States are encouraged, to establish 18 as the minimum age for voluntary recruitment into armed forces when depositing their binding declaration (under article 3) upon ratification of the Optional Protocol. States which have ratified but not adopted the straight-18 policy are urged to reconsider their declarations in order to raise the minimum age to 18.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict