Children have the right to grow up without being ordered to carry weapons or kill other people.
Amnesty International calls on all governments to support this move to keep children out of armed conflict . Write to your local MP and encourage them to help protect children in armed conflict. This Clause currently amends the Children Act 1989 to take away the rights of refugee children to local authority assistance under Section 17 of the Childrens Act. Remove its reservation to Article 22 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and give protection to children seeking asylum in the UK Support an Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to raise the age of recruitment to armed forces to 18 Sign our petition to put an end to the practice of using children and young people as soldiers. You can order a pack online .