SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2011, para. 57
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States are encouraged to establish 18 years as the minimum age for voluntary recruitment into armed forces when depositing their binding declaration upon ratification of the Optional Protocol. States that have ratified but not adopted the “straight-18 position” are urged to reconsider their declarations and to raise the minimum age to 18 years.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict