Human Rights Violations - United States of America, The Loopholes of CSPA

The Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (CSPA) should be fairly straightforward: the law bans the United States from providing military assistance or arms sales to governments that use children in combat. Except that many children do. This is because of a loophole in the child soldiers ban called a "national interest waiver," which allows the president to bypass the law if it is deemed in the U.S. national interest. The State Department has noted governments known to recruit and use children as soldiers. countries on this list have been denied partial military support. Military arms and assistance were provided to countries using child soldiers.

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2022 was filled with waivers that were granted to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, and Somalia. South Sudan received a partial waiver. And while Yemen did not receive a waiver, the president granted the secretary of state the authority to resume military support should he deem it necessary. All of these countries are guilty of putting children in combat.

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