The United Nations committee for children’s rights is investigating how a 17 year old boy ended up in the Peruvian army. It seems the young man was enlisted as a 16 year old and was just 2 months shy of his 18th birthday when he was killed along with 13 other soldiers in a terrorist attack. The UN strictly prohibits anyone under the age of 18 to belong to the army of a UN State. The Peruvian government and the army itself is now required to find out how it is possible the young man got enlisted and what measures will be taken to prevent such an event from happening again.