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{{Child soldiers}}
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'''Child soldiers in India''' is a common occurrence among non-state forces such as insurgent organizations and up to seventeen militant factions use child soldiers in the [[Kashmir conflict|Kashmir region]].<ref name="Singer" /> According to a report from the Conflict Study Center, child soldiers are used in Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Jammu and Kashmir; and that children were used by both state backed and anti-state insurgent groups.<ref name=Marg /> Use of children below the age of 18 in active conflict is a violation of the [[Indian Penal Code]], the [[Geneva Convention|Geneva convention]] and the [[Convention on the Rights of the Child]].<ref name="Whitman" />

==Chhattisgarh==
In [[Chhattisgarh]] state, it is estimated that up to 80,000 children are involved in the ongoing [[Naxalite–Maoist insurgency|Naxalite]] insurgency. The majority of children are used by militants, though government supported self-defence militias also use them.<ref name="Rosen" /> The Asian Legal Resource Centre has stated that human rights groups have voiced concerns over the use of child soldiers by the state and the Naxalites. According to them, up to 118 districts in India are facing armed insurrection and that child soldiers were used by both sides in these conflicts.<ref name="ALRC" /> Human rights watch has also accused the [[Indian Security Forces|Indian security forces]] of using children as spies and messengers,{{Failed verification|date=July 2021}} although the Indian government denies this allegation.<ref name="Hartjen" /> The [[Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers]] report in 2008 stated that there was recruitment of children by banned maoist militant group and terrorist groups operating in Jammu and Kashmir and north eastern states of India.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.hrw.org/legacy/pub/2008/children/Child_Soldiers_Global_Report_Summary.pdf|title=Child Soldiers Global Report 2008|publisher=[[Child Soldiers International]] aka Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers|year=2008|page=12}}</ref><ref name="Doek" /> although the majority of child soldiers were used by militants.<ref name="McCracken" />

==References==
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<ref name="Singer">
{{cite book|last=Singer|first=Peter Warren|title=Children at War|date=7 April 2006|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0520248762|page=27}}
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<ref name=Marg>{{cite book|last=Marg|first=Rohini|title=Child Soldiers: Crime against Humanity|date=16 December 2009|publisher=Conflict Study Center|page=13|url=http://www.cscenter.org.np/uploads/doc/110628012944_Situation%20Update%2089%20Child%20Soldiers.pdf|author2=Purano Baneswar}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
<ref name="Whitman">
{{cite book|last=Whitman|first=Shelly|title=The Routledge Handbook of the Responsibility to Protect|date=19 June 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0415600750|pages=152–153|editor1=W Andy Knight|editor2=Frazer Egerton}}
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<ref name="Rosen">
{{cite book|last=Rosen|first=David M.|title=Child Soldiers|date=23 April 2012|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1598845266|page=[https://archive.org/details/childsoldiersref0000rose/page/6 6]|url=https://archive.org/details/childsoldiersref0000rose/page/6}}
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<ref name="ALRC">
{{cite web|last=Resource Centre|first=Asian Legal|authorlink=Asian Legal Resource Centre|title=India: Child soldiers being used as expendable pawns in armed conflicts|publisher=[[Asian Human Rights Commission]]|date=7 September 2007|url=http://www.humanrights.asia/news/alrc-news/human-rights-council/hrc6/AL-024-2007}}
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<ref name=Hartjen>
{{cite book|last=Hartjen|first=Clayton|title=The Global Victimization of Children: Problems and Solutions|year=2011|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1461421788|edition=2012|author2=S. Priyadarsini|page=106}}
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<ref name="Doek">
{{cite book|last=Doek|first=Jaap E.|title=Child Soldiers Global Report 2008|year=2008|publisher=Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers|page=170}}
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<ref name="McCracken">
{{cite book|last=McCracken|first=Kevin|title=Global Health: An Introduction to Current and Future Trends|date=14 June 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0415557573|page=244|edition=1st|author2=David R. Phillips}}
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[[Category:Indian children]]
[[Category:Human rights abuses in India]]
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