CRC Armed Conflict Protocol Articles 1 to 6

You can refuse recruitment

You can refuse recruitment or use in hostilities where it is safe, report it, and ask for the strongest available protection.

How you can use it

1. 1Move to safety if you can and tell a trusted adult or child-protection service.
2. 2Say: “I am a child being recruited or used.” Ask for an age assessment if records are wrong.
3. 3Request recovery care, education and protection from retaliation.

What a violation looks like

An armed group recruits a child, or the State ignores a stronger protection and does not tell children their rights.

Words you can use

“I am a child being recruited or used. I need a safe way out.”

If speaking is hard, write it, draw it, send a message, or ask a trusted adult to say it with you.