Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict is an multilateral treaty whereby states agree to (1) prohibit the conscription into the military of children under the age of 18 and (2) ensure that military volunteers under the age of 18 are exempted from taking a direct part in hostilities. The United Nations General Assembly adopted the treaty as a supplementary protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child by resolution 54/263 on 25 May 2000. The protocol came into force on 12 February 2002. The protocol requires that ratifying governments ensure that while their armed forces can accept volunteers below the age of 18, they cannot be conscripted and \"States Parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure that members of their armed forces who have not attained the age of 18 years do not take a direct part in hostilities\". Non-state actors and guerrilla forces are forbidden from recruiting anyone under the age of 18 for any purpose. As of October 2015, 162 states are party to the protocol and another 14 states have signed but not ratified it."@en }
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- Optional_Protocol_on_the_Involvement_of_Children_in_Armed_Conflict abstract "The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict is an multilateral treaty whereby states agree to (1) prohibit the conscription into the military of children under the age of 18 and (2) ensure that military volunteers under the age of 18 are exempted from taking a direct part in hostilities. The United Nations General Assembly adopted the treaty as a supplementary protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child by resolution 54/263 on 25 May 2000. The protocol came into force on 12 February 2002. The protocol requires that ratifying governments ensure that while their armed forces can accept volunteers below the age of 18, they cannot be conscripted and \"States Parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure that members of their armed forces who have not attained the age of 18 years do not take a direct part in hostilities\". Non-state actors and guerrilla forces are forbidden from recruiting anyone under the age of 18 for any purpose. As of October 2015, 162 states are party to the protocol and another 14 states have signed but not ratified it.".