- Written by :Angela Lagos
Sherall Owens
Keyana King
Human Rights : Child Soldiers
Defender : Abubacar Sultan
Country : Mozambique
Universal Declaration Of Human rights Violated:
Article 3: Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person
Article 4 :No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Article 26: (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory.Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children
Human rights violations cannot be eliminated due to many things obstacles poverty , warfare, traditions and where you may are located , but they could be limited if we just spread the awareness of this issue and people standing up for what is right in their communities .Unfortunately people will never understand or stop using child soldiers, it just so much to their advantage .First children are manipulated more easily than adults . Children are also easier to take care of and they DO NOT have to pay the childrens who are in they armies .Secondly ,they
are fearless in combat after being tortured by their master, and most will
undertake almost any task without hesitation,but we could put an end to this if there was awareness in our communities and more people helping out organization to supply some soldiers needs .
There are many times when people have reach their turning points to help something or someone out, many are called to action by what they know on the issue or the awareness that someone have heard about . Abubacar Sultan did not have a turning point, but rather was called to action after hearing about the problem from his university where he was enrolled. When knowing an issue is wrong can be enough for someone to get involved .Some people even do it out of sympathy that they have toward that problem , some people do just to show that they care, but many great leaders have came because they was pushed to their turning points in life . For example: Martin Luther King , Gandhi , and even Malcolm X., but there a daily citizens out there
who help problems and issues that do not get recognition on it , but everyone will have their turning point in life where they have to fight for what is right