In the UK, you can join the army at 16 but have to be 18 to play Call of Duty.
The UK’s poor performance in the KidsRights report - measured against the UN’s Committee on the Rights of the Child - is alarming but should not come as a surprise.
Reasons for such failings in wider society are likely driven by multiple factors but one of the reasons for the UK’s poor ranking is seen through its continuing recruitment of teenagers into the army.
The UK, alongside Belarus, are the only two countries in Europe which allow 16-year-olds to join its armed forces.
Source: independent.co.uk
