Inside Story - What happens to child soldiers when war ends?

Fifty countries allow children to be employed as soldiers, and that's not counting non-state armed groups who also use them.

It is against international law, but the practice is ongoing from Afghanistan to Yemen.

Tens of thousands of children around the world are given guns to fight. But what happens when conflicts end and the child soldiers have to go home.

What horrors have they seen and suffered? How do they integrate back into society?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests:

Theresa Betancourt, Associate Professor of Child Health and Human Rights at Harvard University.

Finbarr O’Reilly, Former Reuters Correspondent in West and Central Africa.

Ishmeal Alfred Charles, former child soldier, now working with Caritas, and Healey International Relief Foundation.


- Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe
- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish
- Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera
- Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/