A SOCIO LEGAL STUDY ON THE USE OF CHILD SOLDIER IN ARMED CONFLICT

AUTHOR – BHUMIK SETHI, STUDENT AT AMITY UNIVERSITY NOIDA

BEST CITATION – BHUMIK SETHI, A SOCIO LEGAL STUDY ON THE USE OF CHILD SOLDIER IN ARMED CONFLICT, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (8) OF 2025, PG. 245-247, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

NATURE OF CHILD COMBATANTS

The 20th century will be remembered for the innumerable defenseless men, women, and children who sadly perished in wars for no justifiable cause. The words “genocide,” “war crimes,” “crimes against peace,” together with “crimes against humanity” included designed to truthfully portray the horrors connected to these offenses. Kids often experience forced participation in social violence, murder, military conflicts, and torture, in addition to the destruction of their neighborhoods, families, and civilians infrastructure that is intended to help them .International humanitarian law states that children are given “special” protection as children and “general” protection as citizens in both domestic and international violent conflicts. However, even if there are several legal mechanisms and protections designed to stop minors from participating in armed disputes, they are nonetheless forced to participate in them by a variety of methods, and as a as a result of several factors. The participation of children in combat is limited under humanitarian law on a global scale. But even in cases when kids do take part in combat, they continue to enjoy the “special” protection that was given to them as kids. They just forfeit the “general” defense that is applicable to citizens.