1.0 link 221694 <![CDATA[Italy Hosts Child Soldiers Symposium]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-luce/italy-hosts-child-soldier_b_221694.html The obscene issue of child soldiers is being discussed this week at an international symposium in Rome.

The Italian government is hosting this important symposium, "Children and Young People Affected by Armed Conflict: Learn, Understand, Act."

This meeting is in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - and the 18th anniversary of Italy's ratification of the Convention.

The planners of the conference state: War violates virtually every right of the child and its impact...

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