Act now to stop this practice. In the Firing Line outlines Amnesty International's concerns with regards to children in war. In today's wars and armed conflicts, more than 90 per cent of casualties are civilians - most of them children . Of these, and 800 a month are killed or maimed by landmines. Millions of children are among the refugee and 'internally displaced' populations.
Children have rights .
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child has been ratified by almost every country in the world. Yet, as this disturbing new book from Amnesty International shows, these rights are horrifically abused, daily, throughout the world. This book is part of Amnesty International's campaign to protect and promote children's rights. Amnesty International wants to see a world in which the involvement of children in wars is as unacceptable as the use weapons of mass destruction.