Children’s Commissioner Pressed on Militarisation of Young People

December 14, 2014

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has written to Children’s Commissioners in the United Kingdom and to the Isle of Man Department of Education and Children regarding comments about military cadet forces made by the UN Committee on the Rights of

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Militarisation of Children Condemned at AGM

November 14, 2012

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE At its AGM in Karaez, Brittany. last weekend the Celtic League condemned the militarization of children by cadet forces. The League has previously raised the issue with Children’s Commissioners throughout the UK (see link): https://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/message/3668 The resolution set

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Miltarisation of Young people Commissioners Response

May 20, 2011

MILITARISATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE COMMISSIONERS RESPONSE There has been a response from the Childrens Commissioner for Wales to our query about the militarization of young people (see link): https://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/message/3624 “Dear Mr Moffatt Thank you for your letter dated 1 April 2011 in which

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Commissioners Queried On Miltarisation Of Children

April 1, 2011

COMMISSIONERS QUERIED ON MILITARISATION OF CHILDREN The Celtic League has followed up correspondence to the Northern Ireland Children’s Commissioner, on the militarization of children (via the operation of cadet forces) and also recruitment in schools, by writing (in similar vein) to the Commissioners

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