Is forced or compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflict prohibited?

Country	Country iso alpha 3 code	Region	Is forced or compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflict prohibited?
Afghanistan	AFG	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Angola	AGO	Africa	Yes
Albania	ALB	Europe and Central Asia	N/A
United Arab Emirates	ARE	Arab States	Yes
Argentina	ARG	Americas	Yes
Armenia	ARM	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	Americas	No
Australia	AUS	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
Austria	AUT	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Azerbaijan	AZE	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Burundi	BDI	Africa	Yes
Belgium	BEL	Europe and Central Asia	N/A
Benin	BEN	Africa	Yes
Burkina Faso	BFA	Africa	Yes
Bangladesh	BGD	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
Bulgaria	BGR	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Bahrain	BHR	Arab States	N/A
Bahamas	BHS	Americas	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Belarus	BLR	Europe and Central Asia	No
Belize	BLZ	Americas	Yes
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	BOL	Americas	Yes
Brazil	BRA	Americas	Yes
Barbados	BRB	Americas	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	BRN	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Botswana	BWA	Africa	Yes
Central African Republic	CAF	Africa	Yes
Canada	CAN	Americas	Yes
Switzerland	CHE	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Chile	CHL	Americas	Yes
China	CHN	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	Africa	Yes
Cameroon	CMR	Africa	N/A
Democratic Republic of the Congo	COD	Africa	Yes
Congo	COG	Africa	Yes
Cook Islands	COK	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
Colombia	COL	Americas	Yes
Comoros	COM	Africa	Yes
Cabo Verde	CPV	Africa	Yes
Costa Rica	CRI	Americas	N/A
Cuba	CUB	Americas	No
Cyprus	CYP	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Czech Republic	CZE	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Germany	DEU	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Djibouti	DJI	Africa	Yes
Dominica	DMA	Americas	Yes
Denmark	DNK	Europe and Central Asia	No
Dominican Republic	DOM	Americas	Yes
Algeria	DZA	Africa	Yes
Ecuador	ECU	Americas	Yes
Egypt	EGY	Africa	Yes
Eritrea	ERI	Africa	No
Spain	ESP	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Estonia	EST	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Ethiopia	ETH	Africa	Yes
Finland	FIN	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Fiji	FJI	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
France	FRA	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Gabon	GAB	Africa	Yes
United Kingdom	GBR	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Georgia	GEO	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Ghana	GHA	Africa	No
Guinea	GIN	Africa	Yes
Gambia	GMB	Africa	Yes
Guinea - Bissau	GNB	Africa	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	Africa	No
Greece	GRC	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Grenada	GRD	Americas	N/A
Guatemala	GTM	Americas	Yes
Guyana	GUY	Americas	Yes
Honduras	HND	Americas	Yes
Croatia	HRV	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Haiti	HTI	Americas	No
Hungary	HUN	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Indonesia	IDN	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
India	IND	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Ireland	IRL	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Iran, Islamic Republic of	IRN	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Iraq	IRQ	Arab States	No
Iceland	ISL	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Israel	ISR	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Italy	ITA	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Jamaica	JAM	Americas	Yes
Jordan	JOR	Arab States	Yes
Japan	JPN	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Kazakhstan	KAZ	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Kenya	KEN	Africa	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Cambodia	KHM	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Kiribati	KIR	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	Americas	N/A
Korea, Republic of	KOR	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Kuwait	KWT	Arab States	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	LAO	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Lebanon	LBN	Arab States	Yes
Liberia	LBR	Africa	Yes
Libya	LBY	Africa	Yes
Saint Lucia	LCA	Americas	N/A
Sri Lanka	LKA	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Lesotho	LSO	Africa	Yes
Lithuania	LTU	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Luxembourg	LUX	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Latvia	LVA	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Morocco	MAR	Africa	Yes
Moldova, Republic of	MDA	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Madagascar	MDG	Africa	Yes
Maldives, Republic of	MDV	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
Mexico	MEX	Americas	Yes
Marshall Islands	MHL	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
North Macedonia	MKD	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Mali	MLI	Africa	Yes
Malta	MLT	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Myanmar	MMR	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Montenegro	MNE	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Mongolia	MNG	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Mozambique	MOZ	Africa	Yes
Mauritania	MRT	Africa	Yes
Mauritius	MUS	Africa	No
Malawi	MWI	Africa	Yes
Malaysia	MYS	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Namibia	NAM	Africa	Yes
Niger	NER	Africa	Yes
Nigeria	NGA	Africa	Yes
Nicaragua	NIC	Americas	Yes
Netherlands	NLD	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Norway	NOR	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Nepal	NPL	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
New Zealand	NZL	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Oman	OMN	Arab States	Yes
Pakistan	PAK	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Panama	PAN	Americas	Yes
Peru	PER	Americas	Yes
Philippines	PHL	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Palau	PLW	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Papua New Guinea	PNG	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Poland	POL	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Portugal	PRT	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Paraguay	PRY	Americas	Yes
Qatar	QAT	Arab States	Yes
Romania	ROU	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Russian Federation	RUS	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Rwanda	RWA	Africa	Yes
Saudi Arabia	SAU	Arab States	N/A
Sudan	SDN	Africa	Yes
Senegal	SEN	Africa	Yes
Singapore	SGP	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Solomon Islands	SLB	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Sierra Leone	SLE	Africa	Yes
El Salvador	SLV	Americas	Yes
San Marino	SMR	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Somalia	SOM	Africa	Yes
Serbia	SRB	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
South Sudan	SSD	Africa	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	STP	Africa	Yes
Suriname	SUR	Americas	N/A
Slovakia	SVK	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Slovenia	SVN	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Sweden	SWE	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Eswatini	SWZ	Africa	Yes
Seychelles	SYC	Africa	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	SYR	Arab States	Yes
Chad	TCD	Africa	Yes
Togo	TGO	Africa	Yes
Thailand	THA	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Tajikistan	TJK	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Turkmenistan	TKM	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Timor-Leste	TLS	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Tonga	TON	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	Americas	Yes
Tunisia	TUN	Africa	Yes
Türkiye	TUR	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Tuvalu	TUV	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Tanzania, United Republic of	TZA	Africa	Yes
Uganda	UGA	Africa	Yes
Ukraine	UKR	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Uruguay	URY	Americas	N/A
Uzbekistan	UZB	Europe and Central Asia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VCT	Americas	N/A
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	VEN	Americas	Yes
Viet Nam	VNM	Asia and the Pacific	No
Vanuatu	VUT	Asia and the Pacific	Yes
Samoa	WSM	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
Yemen	YEM	Arab States	Yes
South Africa	ZAF	Africa	Yes
Zambia	ZMB	Africa	Yes
Zimbabwe	ZWE	Africa	Yes