Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations, para. 26
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8. Urges States, in accordance with their obligations under international law, to take all feasible measures to ensure that children who have not yet attained the age of 18 do not take direct part in hostilities, to refrain from recruiting children under the age of 15 into their armed forces, and to ensure that persons who have not attained the age of 18 are not compulsorily recruited into their armed forces;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
Children
Year
2018
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations, Human Rights Council Resolution, 2018.