Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law and Policy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law and Policy write by Mark A. Drumbl. This book was released on 2012-01-26. Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law and Policy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Child soldiers are generally perceived as faultless, passive victims. This ignores that the roles of child soldiers vary, from innocent abductee to wilful perpetrator. This book argues that child soldiers should be judged on their actions and that treating them like a homogenous group prevents them from taking responsibility for their acts.
Child soldiers in international law
Child soldiers in international law - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Child soldiers in international law write by Matthew Happold. This book was released on 2022-12-20. Child soldiers in international law available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Now available as an eBook for the first time, this 2005 title in the Melland Schill series asks: Can the use of children as soldiers be effectively regulated at an international level? Child soldiers in international law examines how international law has developed to deal with this problematic and emotive issue. Happold looks at the rules restricting the recruitment of children into armed forces - rules which, though important, are often flouted - but also at the wider legal issues arising from child soldiering: to what extent can child soldiers be held criminally liable for their conduct? How should they be treated when captured? How are states obliged to demobilise and reintegrate them into their societies? It also identifies a move away towards enforcement, through the prosecution of those who recruit child soldiers, and proposals for Security Council sanctions against governments and groups who breach their international obligations by using children in armed conflicts. This study will be essential reading for those concerned with public international law, human rights, and the United Nations and peacekeeping.
Child Soldiers as Agents of War and Peace
Child Soldiers as Agents of War and Peace - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Child Soldiers as Agents of War and Peace write by Leonie Steinl. This book was released on 2017-08-19. Child Soldiers as Agents of War and Peace available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book deals with child soldiers’ involvement in crimes under international law. Child soldiers are often victims of grave human rights abuses, and yet, in some cases, they also participate actively in inflicting violence upon others. Nonetheless, the international discourse on child soldiers often tends to ignore the latter dimension of children’s involvement in armed conflict and instead focuses exclusively on their role as victims. While it might seem as though the discourse is therefore beneficial for child soldiers as it protects them from blame and responsibility, it is important to realize that the so-called passive victim narrative entails various adverse consequences, which can hinder the successful reintegration of child soldiers into their families, communities and societies. This book aims to address this dilemma. First, the available options for dealing with child soldiers’ participation in crimes under international law, such as transitional justice and criminal justice, and their shortcomings are analyzed in depth. Subsequently a new approach is developed towards achieving accountability in a child-adequate way, which is called restorative transitional justice. This book is in the first place aimed at researchers with an interest in child soldiers, children and armed conflict, as well as international criminal law, transitional justice, juvenile justice, restorative justice, children’s rights, and international human rights law. Secondly, professionals working on issues of transitional justice, juvenile justice, international criminal law, children’s rights, and the reintegration of child soldiers will also find the subject matter of great relevance to their practice. Dr. Leonie Steinl, LL.M. (Columbia) is a Researcher and Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin.
International Law and Child Soldiers
International Law and Child Soldiers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook International Law and Child Soldiers write by Gus Waschefort. This book was released on 2014-12-04. International Law and Child Soldiers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book commences with an analysis of the current state of child soldiering internationally. Thereafter the proscriptive content of contemporary norms on the prohibition of the use and recruitment of child soldiers is evaluated, so as to determine whether these norms are capable of better enforcement. An 'issues-based' approach is adopted, in terms of which no specific regime of law, such as international humanitarian law (IHL), is deemed dominant. Instead, universal and regional human rights law, international criminal law and IHL are assessed cumulatively, so as to create a mutually reinforcing web of protection. Ultimately, it is argued that the effective implementation of child soldier prohibitive norms does not require major changes to any entity or functionary engaged in such prevention; rather, it requires the constant reassessment and refinement of all such entities and functionaries, and here, some changes are suggested. International judicial, quasi-judicial and non-judicial entities and functionaries most relevant to child soldier prevention are critically assessed. Ultimately the conclusions reached are assessed in light of a case study on the use and recruitment of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Child Soldiers and the Defence of Duress under International Criminal Law
Child Soldiers and the Defence of Duress under International Criminal Law - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Child Soldiers and the Defence of Duress under International Criminal Law write by Windell Nortje. This book was released on 2019-07-05. Child Soldiers and the Defence of Duress under International Criminal Law available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book investigates the use of duress as a defence in international criminal law, specifically in cases of child soldiers. The prosecution of children for international crimes often only focuses on whether children can and should be prosecuted under international law. However, it is rarely considered what would happen to these children at the trial stage. This work offers a nuanced approach towards international prosecution and considers how children could be implicated and defended in international courts. This study will be of interest to academics and practitioners working in international criminal law, transitional justice and children’s rights.
