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Title	Child Soldiers Global Report 2001 - Mauritius
Publisher	Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Country	Mauritius
Publication Date	2001
Cite as	Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, Child Soldiers Global Report 2001 - Mauritius, 2001, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/498805e2c.html [accessed 29 May 2012]
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Child Soldiers Global Report 2001 - Mauritius

REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS

Mainly covers the period June 1998 to April 2001 as well as including some earlier information.

Population:
– total:1,150,000
– under-18s: 357,000
Government armed forces:¹²⁰²
– active: nil
– paramilitary: 1,500
Compulsory recruitment age: no conscription
Voluntary recruitment age: 18
Voting age (government elections): 18
Child soldiers: none indicated
CRC-OP-CAC: not signed
Other treaties ratified: ACRWC; CRC; GC/API+II; ILO 182

There are no indications of under-18 recruitment into the government paramilitary forces. There are no government armed forces.

GOVERNMENT

National Recruitment Legislation and Practice

Mauritius does not have an army, but two paramilitary forces, the coast guards and a 'Special Mobile Force', which are specialised units of the Mauritius Police Force. The minimum age for recruitment into both forces is 18 years of age.¹²⁰³

1202 Letter to CSC dated 14/3/01.

1203 Ibid.

Topics: Paramilitary forces, Child soldiers, Military service,

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