The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers (the Coalition) submits this report for consideration by the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in view of its examination in September 2011 of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) initial report under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (OPAC). The report is intended to assist the CRC in formulating its questions and recommendations to the DRC government aimed at ending the recruitment and use of child soldiers and ensuring that they are provided with appropriate assistance to successfully return to civilian life.
Sonia Hossain on February 23, 2012
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Two member nations of the United Nations have not ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/crc.htm They are Somalia and the United States. The United States should join the other 194 countries and ratify the Convention now if it is to be credible opposing the use of child soldiers.