Child Soldiers: A Crime Against Humanity

Around the world young, innocent children are abducted from their homes, and are forced to participate in multiple acts of war.  Soon after being "recruited", the parents of the child are quickly slaughtered by the abductors. It is not uncommon for the parents to become the first victims of the new child soldier, who is handed an automatic weapon, and forced to fire upon his/her family.  Most of the children recruited are only 7 - 12 years of age.