UID:
kobvindex_DGP9164807525
Format:
228 p
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ill
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24 cm
ISBN:
0198259352
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0198259328
Content:
In this study, the authors assess the status of the Child Soldier in international law and highlight the ways in which international humanitarian law fails to provide effective protection, particularly in the internal conflicts which are the most common battlefields today. Based on empirical data gathered from places of conflict all over the world, the authors examine the consequences for child soldiers, their families and community of their participation in armed conflict. They conclude their study with practical suggestions for preventing recruitment, and call for a more coherent policy of treatment for those children who have participated in acts of violence
Content:
In this study, the authors assess the status of the Child Soldier in international law and highlight the ways in which international humanitarian law fails to provide effective protection, particularly in the internal conflicts which are the most common battlefields today. Based on empirical data gathered from places of conflict all over the world, the authors examine the consequences for child soldiers, their families and community of their participation in armed conflict. They conclude their study with practical suggestions for preventing recruitment, and call for a more coherent policy of treatment for those children who have participated in acts of violence
Note:
"A study for the Henry Dunant Institute, Geneva."
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-220) and index
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The child solider : why children participate in armed conflict -- Preventing the recruitment or participation of children and youth in armed conflict : law, programmes, & policy -- Conditions & consequences of participation -- Responding to the consequences of participation : law, programmes & policy -- Developing the protection of child soldiers : the uses of law & process -- Findings & recommendations -- Ratification of the Convention of the Rights of the Child -- International humanitarian law & human rights instruments -- Voting age & military age by country.
Language:
English
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0605/94021128-d.html
