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Category - Armed Forces Bill

20 May 2011

Government promises to allow soldiers under 18 to leave forces

The government has promised to improve the rights of teenage soldiers by allowing them to leave the armed forces up until the age of eighteen.
16 May 2011

Quakers seek armed forces discharge rights for under 18s

Quakers want Britain's 'duty of care' to its armed forces to include the provision of a right-of-discharge for under 18 year olds.
17 Apr 2011

Quakers and Unitarians call for a change to the Armed Forces Bill

Quakers and Unitarians say the Government has failed once more to address the right of young recruits to leave the Armed Forces.
15 Mar 2011

NGO highlights MPs' confusion over under-18s in the forces

Forces Watch has said that a report by MPs reveals confusion at the highest levels over the laws on people aged under 18 in the armed forces.
10 Mar 2011

MP tries to raise military recruitment age to eighteen

Human rights campaigners have welcomed an MP's attempt to raise the minimum age of enlistment in the UK armed forces to eighteen.
8 Mar 2011

Fox's Armed Forces Bill neglects human rights

Defence Secretary Liam Fox is pushing through an Armed Forces Bill that will make no meaningful changes to the armed forces. Fox and his allies use gung-ho rhetoric about "supporting our boys" while neglecting the human rights of forces personnel.
8 Feb 2011

Quakers urge change to armed forces age of enlistment

Quakers in Britain are calling for Parliament to amend the Armed Forces Bill in order to to raise the age of enlistment, currently set at sixteen.
9 Jan 2011

Parliament urged to end UK's recruitment of 'child soldiers'

Children and young people's rights groups are calling for a change in the law to end the recruitment of sixteen and seventeen-year-olds into the UK armed forces.

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