Article 38
1. States Parties undertake
to respect and to ensure respect for rules of international humanitarian
law applicable to them in armed conflicts which are relevant to the child.
2. States Parties shall
take all feasible measures to ensure that persons who have not attained
the age of 15 years do not take a direct part in hostilities.
3. States Parties shall
refrain from recruiting any person who has not attained the age of 15 years
into their armed forces. In recruiting among those persons who have attained
the age of 15 years but who have not attained the age of 18 years, States
Parties shall endeavour to give priority to those who are oldest.
4. In accordance with their
obligations under international humanitarian law to protect the civilian
population in armed conflicts, States Parties shall take all feasible measures
to ensure protection and care of children who are affected by an armed
conflict.
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