You, Your Country, and The World

First, review your answers to the Military Activities Age Chart. Then, compare them to the articles of the CRC. Note where your opinions match the Articles of the CRC, and where they differ from it. Use the forms below to record the similarities and differences. Make sure you use specific examples from the CRC to explain your answers.

Your teacher will use a set of criteria, called a rubric, to grade your assignment. Ask your teacher for the rubric before doing this assignment.

Use your responses to the questionnaire on Age and Gender Requirements for Military Tasks to help you fill in the following form summarizing the results of your comparison. If you made different decisions about the compulsory and voluntary recruitment ages, you need to compare whether one (or both) of these age limits violate the CRC and/or OP.

COMPARE YOUR RESPONSES TO THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
Student's Name
1) Do any of the recruitment ages you chose for military tasks violate the CRC? If yes, list all violations. If no, simply type “No violations.”
2) If some of your choices have violated the CRC, explain in what way they have done so. Be sure to cite sections directly from the CRC as you write your explanation.
3) If none of your choices violated the CRC, explain how your choices match or exceede the requirements for children in armed conflict as set by the CRC. Be sure to cite sections directly from the CRC as you write your explanation.
Complete the activities on Page 3 to compare your answers to the Articles of the OP. Then go to Page 4 and compare your country’s laws to the CRC and OP.

Complete the activities on Page 3 to compare your answers to the Articles of the OP.
Then go to Page 4 and compare your country’s laws to the CRC and OP.

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Illustration: Felicity O. Yost. Source: Marie, In the Shadow of the Lion, by Jerry Piasecki. © United Nations, 2001