Prohibiting the Recruitment and Use of Children in the Armed Conflicts

Incidence internal and international armed conflicts, children are the most vulnerable group affected by the international society, thus children require the special protection of international human rights law and international humanitarian law. Two general rules are regarding the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict: 1- Children should not be invoked in the armed forces or groups involve the direct participation of children. 2- Children should not be allowed to participate in hostilities; the purpose of this rule, the company is indirectly. State practice these rules constitute a rule of customary international law in both international and non-international armed conflict as applicable. Children recruiters to enlist in the military in numerous international instruments and domestic laws as well as the recipe have been banned in most countries. A ban on children’s participation in international instruments and in many of the recipes has been provided by the military. In recent years, governments, international organizations, governmental and non-governmental efforts have taken special measures to support, develop and establish international standards for combating and curbing conscription the categories to the said. There are international norms for the protection of children in armed conflict is over on one hand, international standards for the protection of children in armed conflict in contractual rights exist and the other is worth noting that the impressive achievements of the contract documents, the security council, general assembly and the secretary-general also significant the protection of children in armed conflict did. In this paper a set of international standards for child soldier recruitment age criteria will describe.