Demobilization or demobilisation is the process of standing down members of a country's armed forces from combat-ready status. This may be as a result of victory in war, or because a crisis has been p
Demob papers issued to a South African sailor in February 1946
Back page of demob papers issued to a South African sailor in February 1946
Residents greeting demobilized soldiers of the Red Army in Minsk, July 1945
United Nations Security Council resolution 1261, adopted unanimously on 25 August 1999, in the first resolution to address the topic, the Council condemned the targeting of children in armed conflict
Former child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo