Supreme Court directs government to criminalise child soldier recruitment (opens original article in a new tab)

The Supreme Court has ordered the government to criminalise the recruitment of children under 18 in military forces and address discrimination against former child soldiers. It also found inadequate financial support and ongoing rights violations in their rehabilitation.

• Supreme Court directs government to criminalise recruitment of children under 18 in military forces
• Court orders state agencies to stop using discriminatory terms like 'disqualified' for former child combatants
• Government's financial support for former child soldiers was found inadequate compared to adult combatants
• Court highlights state's failure to rehabilitate and reintegrate former child combatants as ongoing rights violation