In late June, the Biden administration released the first Trafficking in Persons Report of its presidency. This annual report includes a list of countries identified by the U.S. State Department as having government forces or government-supported armed groups that recruit or use child soldiers.
The list is mandated by the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA), a landmark piece of legislation that leverages U.S. military assistance and arms sales to encourage governments to stop using child soldiers. Countries included on the CSPA list are prohibited from receiving certain types of U.S. arms sales and military assistance the following fiscal year.
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Malik slams US for including Pakistan in CSPA list
July 7, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister, Chairman Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) Senator Abdul Rehman Malik has strongly reacted to Pakistan’s inclusion in the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) list by the United States (US) and urged the United
States to review the baseless allegations and remove Pakistan s name from the CSPA list.
Terming it an arm-twisting technique to put pressure on Pakistan, he said that it was shocking to see yet another allegation against Pakistan. “It looks clear that the US government response is signaling some more negative policies towards Pakistan,” he said in a statement on Tuesday.