{"id":107206,"date":"2026-07-23T13:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T13:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/107206\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T13:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T13:28:11","slug":"new-geneva-convention-allows-use-of-child-soldiers-with-signed-permission-slip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/107206\/","title":{"rendered":"New Geneva Convention Allows Use Of Child Soldiers With Signed Permission Slip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph theonion-dingbat\">GENEVA\u2014In an effort to codify parental oversight for underage troops, a new Geneva Convention adopted Thursday reportedly allowed for the use of child soldiers with a signed permission slip from a legal guardian. \u201cThis landmark treaty expressly forbids minors from enlisting in combat roles unless sanctioned by their parent or guardian,\u201d said International Committee of the Red Cross President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, explaining that the update would end the barbaric practice of children under 18 entering the frontline without the express consent of their caregiver. \u201cAs long as a legal custodian approves, who are we in the international community to prevent kids from serving their country or militia? It\u2019s important for those raising our youngest soldiers to have a say in what hostilities their little ones engage in. Parents know best, after all.\u201d The new Geneva Convention also specified that parents would now be held liable for all war crimes committed by their children in battle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GENEVA\u2014In an effort to codify parental oversight for underage troops, a new Geneva Convention adopted Thursday reportedly allowed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[1004,65,52386,4140],"class_list":["post-107206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-geneva","tag-children","tag-geneva","tag-vol-62-issue-29","tag-war"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116969531405230646","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}