(Geneva Call) – On 2nd March 2015, the Zomi Re-Unification Organisation (ZRO) signed Geneva Call’s Deed of Commitmentprotecting children in armed conflict. In signing this Deed the ZRO publicly asserts its commitment to respect the highest international standards in terms of child protection in armed conflict. It includes the prohibition to recruit child soldiers and use under-18 children in hostilities. The ZRO is an ethnic armed movement operating in the province of Manipur in North-East India. They purportedly number around 400 fighters.
India: an ethnic armed movement commits to prohibit the recruitment and use of children in hostilities
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