Senegal
Practice Relating to Rule 136. Recruitment of Child Soldiers
Senegal’s Penal Code (1965), as amended in 2007, states that the following constitute war crimes:
b) [O]ther serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of the following acts:
…
22. conscripting or enrolling minors into the national armed forces and using them to actively participate in hostilities;
…
d) …
Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in armed conflicts not of an international character, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of the following acts [also constitute war crimes]:
…
7. conscripting or enrolling minors into the national armed forces or to [armed] groups.