UNHRC Study Guide - World Model United Nations

2010, two of his primary school classmates lured him
of stringent age screening procedures. Former child
the children were sent to the front lines or forced to
and threatening children to join their forces. Children
children to study religious propaganda as part of their
them money they will join.... A whole generation,
hunger. There is nowhere to go, just to get a gun
uses children regularly as intelligence gatherers or
age, usually instructing them to pressure their peers
pretend they are an imam [preacher] and use Islamic
some territory in late 2010 and early 2011 in Mogadishu,
families release them to join their forces. Parents,
parents to sign an agreement allowing their children
Watch, “Two fathers who refused to sign were
threatened in the meeting and told they would not
is what would happen to any parent who refused to
Training Camps
harsh physical conditions they faced at the camps,
food to eat, and grueling physical training schedules
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