child soldier

(2) Child soldier Consistent with the provisions of the Optional Protocol to the Convention of the Rights of the Child, the term “child soldier”— (A) means— (i) any person under 18 years of age who takes a direct part in hostilities as a member of governmental armed forces, police, or other security forces; (ii) any person under 18 years of age who has been compulsorily recruited into governmental armed forces, police, or other security forces; (iii) any person under 15 years of age who has been voluntarily recruited into governmental armed forces, police, or other security forces; or (iv) any person under 18 years of age who has been recruited or used in hostilities by armed forces distinct from the armed forces of a state; and (B) includes any person described in clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of subparagraph (A) who is serving in any capacity, including in a support role such as a cook, porter, messenger, medic, guard, or sex slave.

Source

22 USC § 2370c(2)

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Scoping language

None identified, default scope is assumed to be the parent (part I) of this section.

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