Support the Optional Protocol

Find out if your government has ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on involvement of children in armed conflict.

Background
On 25 May 2000, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on involvement of children in armed conflict. This Protocol raises the minimum age for participation in armed conflict from 15 to 18. NOTE: Governments that ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child are not required to also sign the Optional Protocol; it is "optional."

Read the full text to the Optional Protocol.

Find out if your country has signed the Optional Protocol.

Take Action
If your country has not signed the Optional Protocol, contact your legislators and urge them to do so.

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