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S: BBC – http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/childrensrights/childrenofconflict/soldier.shtml (last access: 8 December 2013); EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/topic/Child-Soldiers-From-Recruitment-to-Reintegration-1575121 (last access: 11 November 2013).

N: 1. In many countries the child soldiers are under 15, the current minimum age for participation in hostilities and recruitment into armed forces as stipulated in Article 38 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
2. Child Soldier: For the purposes of prevention, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes, a child soldier is any person under 18 years of age who is compulsorily, forcibly, or voluntarily recruited or used in hostilities by any kind of armed forces or groups in any capacity, including but not limited to soldiers, cooks, porters, messengers, and those accompanying such groups. It includes girls recruited for sexual purposes and forced marriage. It does not, therefore, refer exclusively to a child who is carrying or has carried arms. (OCHA).

S: 1. TERMIUM PLUS (last access 11 November 2013). 2. http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/4F99A3C28EC37D0EC12574A4002E89B4-reliefweb_aug2008.pdf (last access: 18 October 2015).

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CR: conflicts