Wednesday, August 29, 2007

 

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Militärdienst Minderjähriger


Die Berliner Zeitung veröffentlichte am 28. August 2007 einen Meinungsartikel von Sabine Rennefanz zur Problematik von Großbritanniens Praxis, Minderjährige zu rekrutieren. Ihren Informationen zufolge wurden zwischen Juni 2003 und Juni 2005 fünfzehn unter 18-Jährige in den Irak gesandt. Der Artikel führt auch Amnesty Internationals anhaltende Klage über diesen Mißstand an.
siehe: Jugendliche fallen

mehr zum Thema (in englisch): wraytimes.com/group27/u18

Army training practices called into question
(update to AI Index: EUR 01/012/2005)

In July [2005] the UK government admitted that mistakes had led to the bullying of young recruits in the armed forces in response to a highly critical report from the Parliamentary Defence Select Committee in March. However, two main recommendations made by the Committee in its report remained unheeded, namely the establishment of an independent complaints mechanism for people in the army, and for the government to consider the consequences of raising the age of recruitment from 16 to 18.

AI had raised concerns in 2003 over the high incidence of deaths of UK soldiers in non-combat situations (see AI Index: EUR 45/004/2003*), and the lack of independent investigations into their deaths
Quellen:
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Europe and Central Asia: Concerns in Europe & Central Asia bulletin July-December 2005 (01/12/2006)
- * United Kingdom: Army Barracks Deaths: Families Demand Justice (18/06/2003)


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