First victims then perpetrators: child soldiers and International Law
This article examines the issue of the position of child soldiers under International Law. After preliminary remarks on the approach of international human rights and humanitarian law to the protection of children involved in armed conflicts, the article discusses the prohibitions on recruiting chil...
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Universidad del Rosario
2010-12-01
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| description | This article examines the issue of the position of child soldiers under International Law. After preliminary remarks on the approach of international human rights and humanitarian law to the protection of children involved in armed conflicts, the article discusses the prohibitions on recruiting children and the individual criminal responsibility of recruiters. Case-law on the child soldiers’ recruitment is considered. In the fourth part the position of the child soldiers as perpetrators is discussed and the retributive approach to the issue is explored. The last section offers an overview of the restorative justice-oriented solution to the dilemma of the criminal responsibility of child soldiers adopted in the context of the post-conflict situation in Sierra Leone. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b37e8375abe644fdb7c1291a37ea64832022-12-21T20:02:57ZengUniversidad del RosarioACDI: Anuario Colombiano de Derecho Internacional2027-11312145-44932010-12-01301872081480First victims then perpetrators: child soldiers and International LawClaudia Morini0Università degli Studi di Bari (Italy)This article examines the issue of the position of child soldiers under International Law. After preliminary remarks on the approach of international human rights and humanitarian law to the protection of children involved in armed conflicts, the article discusses the prohibitions on recruiting children and the individual criminal responsibility of recruiters. Case-law on the child soldiers’ recruitment is considered. In the fourth part the position of the child soldiers as perpetrators is discussed and the retributive approach to the issue is explored. The last section offers an overview of the restorative justice-oriented solution to the dilemma of the criminal responsibility of child soldiers adopted in the context of the post-conflict situation in Sierra Leone.http://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/acdi/article/view/1736Niños soldados, derecho penal internacional, Sierra Leona |
| spellingShingle | Claudia Morini First victims then perpetrators: child soldiers and International Law ACDI: Anuario Colombiano de Derecho Internacional Niños soldados, derecho penal internacional, Sierra Leona |
| title | First victims then perpetrators: child soldiers and International Law |
| title_full | First victims then perpetrators: child soldiers and International Law |
| title_fullStr | First victims then perpetrators: child soldiers and International Law |
| title_full_unstemmed | First victims then perpetrators: child soldiers and International Law |
| title_short | First victims then perpetrators: child soldiers and International Law |
| title_sort | first victims then perpetrators child soldiers and international law |
| topic | Niños soldados, derecho penal internacional, Sierra Leona |
| url | http://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/acdi/article/view/1736 |
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