Social, Cultural and Humanitarian Committee (SOCHUM)

APPROXIMATE COMMITTEE SIZE: 160 single DELEGATIONS

The Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee (SOCHUM) serves as a vital forum for delegates to address pressing global issues concerning human rights, social development, and cultural preservation. For Topic A, delegates will consider the role indigenous communities play in the global political system. Despite their unique cultural heritage and the role they have played in the development of countless nations worldwide, indigenous communities are often underrepresented in national political systems. Delegates will consider solutions to remedy this on both a worldwide and national level. For Topic B, delegates will address prohibiting the use of child soldiers in state-sponsored violence. The use of child soldiers is already a violation of international law, yet the practice continues, with a lack of international oversight or enforcement mechanisms making its eradication difficult. Delegates will consider how to implement these mechanisms, as well as other solutions to reduce the prevalence of child soldiers internationally. 

Chairs: Emma wong & anna kelly

TOPICS

Topic A: The Representation of Indigenous Communities in Political Systems

Topic B: The Prohibition of Child Soldiers in State-Sponsored Violence

lEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Explore how indigenous communities are represented within the existing global political system, as well as the effects such representation (or lack thereof) has on said communities. 

• Understand the role political representation plays in the allocation of government support, and hence the importance of equitable political representation. 

• Learn about the persistence of child soldiers in modern warfare, the effects of the practice on the victims and their communities, and international solutions proposed to eradicate the practice. 

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