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War trauma hits young soldiers hardest: new report

27/10/2013

ForcesWatch press release

Young soldiers recruited from disadvantaged backgrounds are substantially more likely than other troops to return from war experiencing problems with their mental health, says a wide-ranging report published today by human rights group ForcesWatch.


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War crimes in video games should be punished, ICRC says

03/10/2013

NBCNews.com

The International Committee of the Red Cross have called for video games to punish crimes committed in battle by adhering to real-life international war conventions.


News

ForcesWatch response to the Ministry of Defence’s statement, 22 August 2013

22/08/2013

ForcesWatch

In response to the paper, ‘Young age at Army enlistment is associated with greater war zone risks’, published by ForcesWatch and Child Soldiers International (August 2013), the Ministry of Defence have issued a statement. Here we respond to their points.


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Youngest Army recruits pay highest price in Afghanistan, new report shows

21/08/2013

ForcesWatch and Child Soldiers International press release

The risk of fatality in Afghanistan for recruits who enlisted into the British Army aged 16 and completed training has been twice as high as it has for those enlisting at 18 or above, according to a study published today on behalf of human rights groups Child Soldiers International and ForcesWatch. The authors believe the increased risk reflects the disproportionately high number of 16 year olds who join front-line Infantry roles.


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The Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 4: Education of service personnel

18/07/2013

http://www.parliament.uk

A new House of Commons Defence Committee report calls for improvements in service education and asks for further information is needed on why the Army is so dependent on recruiting personnel under the age of 18 years compared to the other two Services, and whether steps are being taken to reduce this dependency.


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Army recruitment of under-18s wastes £94 million every year, claims new report

22/04/2013

ForcesWatch press release

The Ministry of Defence wastes up to £94 million every year training minors for army roles which could be filled more cost-effectively by adult recruits, according to a new report launched today by human rights groups Child Soldiers International and ForcesWatch.


Resource

Ministry of Defence freedom of information releases

Disclosures under the FOI Act. Also see FOI releases published via whatdotheyknow.com


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Nuclear Weapons and Militarisation in the UK

27/03/2013

ForcesWatch

A society has to be militarised for a government to justify the development and maintenance of nuclear weapons to its citizens; militarisation creates a culture of acceptance. It popularises military euphemisms such as ‘Defence’, ‘Security’, and – particularly relevant to nuclear weapons – ‘deterrent’, and makes it hard to for those challenging these to be seen as credible.


Comment article

The inescapable psychological cost of conflict

15/03/2013

ForcesWatch comment

A study published in the Lancet called Violent offending by UK military personnel deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan has found that men in the UK armed forces are more likely to have been convicted of violent offences than their civilian peers. The study shows a strong link with age – that fighting and being traumatised by it tends to make those in younger age groups more likely to be violent afterwards.


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Concern over Government schemes promoting ‘military ethos’ in education

07/12/2012ForcesWatch press release

The organisation ForcesWatch (1), which monitors the way young people are recruited into the military, have expressed concern about the announcement made by Education Secretary Michael Gove of four projects which promote 'military ethos' in order to improve achievement among pupils disengaged with education