PHILIPPINES
CRC OPTIONAL PROTOCOL (ARMED CONFLICT)
RESERVATIONS AND DECLARATIONS
(Unless otherwise indicated, the reservations and declarations were made upon ratification, accession or succession)
Declaration:
"1. The minimum age for voluntary recruitment into the Armed Forces of the Philippines is 18 years, except for training purposes whose duration shall have the students/cadets/trainees attain the majority age at the completion date;
2. There is no compulsory, forced or coerced recruitment into the Armed Forces of the Philippines; and,
3. Recruitment is exclusively on a voluntary basis."
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