A current human rights concern that is currently going on in Chad is the problem with child soldiers. Children are not well educated and are very poor, making them easy recruitments (Chad must end the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict 2011). They are sometimes lured with the notion that they will be paid 20 US dollars if they join (Chad Must 2011). A former child soldier said: “There is nothing to do here; there is no work, no school, no money and I am poor…. In the JEM I am not paid but, when we are in combat, we take stuff from the enemy.” (Chad Must 2011). If you are between the ages of 13 and 17 you will be fighting, any younger and you will be a messenger (Chad Must 2011). In 2007 the Chadian government with the help of UNICEF launched a demobilization and reintegration program for the children associated with but it has not been successful (Chad Must 2011). The situation has caught Amnesty International’s eye, and they are concerned with how things are going (Chad Must 2011). Asking questions such as why no one has been prosecuted for the crimes for recruiting children (Chad Must 2011). 40 former soldiers have told their stories in a report called A compromised future: The plight of children recruited by armed forces and groups in eastern Chad ( Chad Must 2011). It will be interesting to see how things progress with the release of the report.
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