text: Amazing how many low-to-no knowledge posters feel that being an (almost 16 year old) "child soldier" is a get out of jail free card!
   "International Criminal Court (ICC) Article 26 prevents the court from prosecuting anyone under the age of 18, but not because it believes children should be exempt from prosecution for international crimes, “but rather that the decision on whether to prosecute should be left to States,” says the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG)" 
  "The age of criminal responsibility varies from country to country, from 7-16, but the bar is most commonly set at 14."