Transcript child soldiers - Westminster Public Schools

CHILD SOLDIERS
THE EXISTENCE OF TWO WORDS
THAT SHOULD NEVER BE TOGETHER
THERE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 250,000 CHILD
SOLDIERS IN USE IN CONFLICTS AROUND THE WORLD
BASICS
• BEGAN WITH EGYPTIANS (CARRIED SWORDS
INTO BATTLE/BURIED WITH PHAROAH)
• ROMAN’S FOLLOWED (16 YEARS OF AGE)
• CHILDREN’S CRUSADE (1212)
• MIDDLE AGES (SQUIRES)
• HITLER JUGEND (YOUTH)
• KHMER ROUGE (70% OF GROUP WAS 15 OR
YOUNGER)
• AFRICA (SIERRA LEONE, KONY, SUDAN)
• ISIS, ISIL, TALIBAN, AL QAEDA
CHILDREN’S CRUSADE: THOUSANDS
DIED MARCHING TO THE SEA TO FIGHT
MUSLIMS
HITLERJUGEND: NAZI’S BOY SCOUTS
KHMER ROUGE: POL POT’S CHILD
SOLDIERS
SIERRA LEONE: 1991-2002
MIDDLE EAST: SUICIDE BOMBERS
UN LAW
• UN LAW STATES THAT ANY CHILD FORCIBLY
USED IN WAR OR SUCH EVENTS UNDER THE
AGE OF 15 IS CONSIDERED A CHILD SOLDIER
• UN DOES LITTLE TO ACTUALLY STOP THIS
BECAUSE IT IS SO WIDE SPREAD
• HAPPENS MOST IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES
REASONS FOR CHILD SOLDIERS
• 1. NOT ENOUGH MEN TO FIGHT
• 2. TRIBAL CONFLICT
• 3. CONSCRIPTION BY GOVERNMENT
• 4.NO CHOICE
USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS
• 1. ACTUAL COMBATANTS (FIGHT, SUICIDE
BOMBERS, ETC…)
• 2. SLAVE LABOR (COLTAN AND DIAMOND
MINES)
• 3. SEX SLAVES (BOYS AND GIRLS)
• 4. SPIES
• 5. HUMAN SHIELDS
THOSE WHO HAVE ESCAPED
• ISHMAEL BEAH: CHILD SOLDIER IN SIERRA
LEONE
• EMMANUEL JAL: CHILD SOLDIER IN SUDAN
• LOUNG UNG: FEMALE CHILD SOLDIER DURING
CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE
THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED
• ROMEO DALLAIRE: LIEUTENANT GENERAL OF
UN FORCES IN RWANDA
• ANGELINA JOLIE: UN AMBASSADOR
• LAM TUNGWAR: FORMER SUDANESE
REFUGEE
VIDEOS
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuJpkLLe
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lhtN1fO
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m7DjtN
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibW0lICnO3k