INTERNATIONAL LEGAL REGULATION OF CHID SOLDIERS PROTECTION

Prema posljednjim prikupljenim podacima oko 230 milijuna djece danas živi u zemljama i područjima na kojima se vode oružani sukobi, a njih čak petnaest milijuna izravno su pogođeni raznolikim i brutalnim nasiljem. Sve razvijenije metode ratovanja dovele su vrlo malog razlikovanja civila i boraca, gdje su najčešće mete upravo dječaci i djevojčice. Najnoviji fenomen ratovanja je korištenje „djece vojnika― u oružanim sukobima. Danas se djeca povezana s oružanim skupinama i oružanim snagama, mogu pronaći u gotovo svim sukobima diljem svijeta. Zaštita djece osigurava se pozamašnim brojem posebnih pravnih akata i posljednjih desetljeća ona pokazuje trajni napredak. Iako, još uvijek ne dovoljno pokrivena pravnom regulativom, zaštita djece u oružanim sukobima dosegla je takvu razinu kakve nije bilo u prošlosti. Povijesno gledajući, međunarodnopravna zaštita djece u ratnim je sukobima bila u smislu zaštite standarda tek minimalna. Regrutacija maloljetnika, njihovo iskorištavanje u sukobima, problem je s kojim se međunarodna zajednica bori već desetljećima zabranjujući takvo ponašanje. Ipak, unatoč sve jačem aktivizmu međunarodnih organizacija, posebnih agencija i naročito tijela Ujedinjenih naroda, kao i sve strožem osuđivanju od strane međunarodne zajednice, ono se nastavlja bez kažnjavanja, a promjena se nesumnjivo mora odvijati kroz evoluciju, kroz obrazovanje mladih ljudi današnjice kako bi se poboljšali uvjeti života svoj djeci, dajući tom najranjivijem dijelu ljudske zajednice upravo ono značenje kakvo djeca i zaslužuju.According to the latest collected data, there are approximately 230 million children today living in countries and areas engulfed in armed conflict, and as many as 15 million of them are directly affected by various forms of brutal violence. The increasingly more developed forms of warfare have resulted in a very small distinction between civilians and combatants, with the most frequent targets being boys and girls. The most recent phenomenon in warfare is the use of ―child soldiers‖ in armed conflicts. Nowadays, children connected with armed groups and armed forces can be found in almost all conflicts all over the world. Child protection is enshrined in a large number of special legal acts, and progress has been made in the past several decades in that regard. Although still insufficiently covered by law, child protection in armed conflicts has reached an unprecedented level. Throughout history, the standards and provisions of the international law for the protection of children in armed conflicts were only minimal. The recruitment of minors and their use in conflicts are the issues the international community has been trying to eradicate for decades by forbidding such behaviour. Still, despite the increasingly stronger activism by international organisations, special agencies, and bodies of the United Nations in particular, as well as the ever more severe condemnation on the part of the international community, they continue with impunity. It is now clear that any change must be gradual, founded on youth education so as to enable future generations to live in improved conditions. Children are the most vulnerable members of humanity, and the gravity of their condition deserves a greater attention