1. Where are Child
Soldiers found?
Some of the 20 countries
 Afghanistan: national army and other
elements of state security forces; armed
opposition groups.
 Central African Republic: state-allied armed
groups.
 Colombia: national army (for intelligence
purposes); armed opposition groups.
 Côte d’Ivoire: national army/state security
forces; state-allied armed groups; armed
opposition groups.
 Democratic Republic of the Congo:
national army and other elements of state
security forces; Congolese and foreign armed
opposition groups.
 India: armed opposition groups.
 Iraq: elements of state security forces.

2.  Israel: national army (for intelligence
purposes).
 Libya: national army and other elements of
state security forces; armed opposition
groups.
 Mali: armed opposition groups.
 Myanmar: national army and other elements
of state security forces; armed opposition
groups.
 Pakistan: armed opposition groups.
 Philippines: national army (for intelligence
purposes) and other elements of state security
forces; armed opposition groups.
 Thailand: other elements of state security
forces and armed opposition groups.
 Somalia: national army; state-allied armed
groups; armed opposition groups.
 Sudan: national army and other elements of
state security forces; state-allied armed
groups; armed opposition groups.
 South Sudan: national army; armed
opposition groups.
 Syria: national army and state-allied armed
groups (use of children as human shields);
armed opposition groups.
 Yemen: national army and other elements of
state security forces; state-allied armed
groups; armed opposition groups.