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Sierra Leone
Practice Relating to Rule 137. Participation of Child Soldiers in Hostilities
Sierra Leone’s Child Rights Act (2007) states: “Every child has the right to be protected from involvement in armed or any other kind of violent conflicts.”
Sierra Leone, Child Rights Act, 2007, § 28(1).
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