...not unusual for adult soldiers to engage child soldiers on the
battlefield (indeed this is largely what makes child soldiering so abhorrent). However, the constant practice is that adult soldiers do engage children in these circumstances. One final point, I am not convinced that "the general trend within international law [is] towards protecting child soldiers". There is an undeniable focus on child soldiering within international law, however, much of the debate is actually focused on accountability, and agency. It is certainly worth mentioning in this regard, that it seems to...
