The recruitment and use of child soldiers as a serious violation of international humanitarian law
This article is dedicated to the current problem of the recruitment and use of child soldiers in international armed conflicts and non-international armed conflicts. The author examines the sources of international law related to this issue, as well as two historic decisions: the decision of the Int...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
2013-12-01
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| Series: | RUDN Journal of Law |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.rudn.ru/law/article/view/5421 |
| Summary: | This article is dedicated to the current problem of the recruitment and use of child soldiers in international armed conflicts and non-international armed conflicts. The author examines the sources of international law related to this issue, as well as two historic decisions: the decision of the International criminal court in the case of The Prosecutor vs. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo and the decision of the Special court for Sierra Leone in the case of The Prosecutor vs. Charles Ghankay Taylor. |
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| ISSN: | 2313-2337 2408-9001 |