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    step two: EXPLORING CHILDREN'S HUMAN RIGHTS

You, Your Country, and the World

Find the voluntary and compulsory recruitment ages in your country and compare them to the CRC and the OP. Fill in this form to summarize the results of your comparison:

COMPARE YOUR RESPONSES TO THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL (OP)

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1) Do any of the recruitment ages you chose for military tasks violate any of the Articles of the OP? If they do, list all choices that violate the OP. If the don't, simply type “ No violations.”

2) Pick two of your choices and show how they either violate or meet/exceed the requirements for children in armed conflict. As set by the OP. Be sure to cite sections directly from the OP as you write your explanation.


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