If US opposes child labor - why not child soldiers?

Commentary on the use of children as soldiers in the US military

Child Soldiers and the Child Labor Convention

A Human Rights Watch Background Briefing

Parties to Sierra Leone War Urged Not to Recruit Child Soldiers

Letter to Sierra Leonean Rebel Group the Revolutionary United Front on the Recruitment of Child Soldiers

Letter to Sierra Leonean President Kabbah on the Recruitment of Child Soldiers

Child Soldiers Used by All Sides in Colombia's Armed Conflict

HRW Condemns Recruitment of Child Soldiers in Congo

Human Rights Watch Condemns Atrocities in Sierra Leone

Rights group calls on international community to step up monitoring