Child Soldiers

Source: Taylor and Francis Online Abstract This article describes how the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and other international child rights instruments are implicated in the postwar reintegration of child excombatants in […]

Source : Human Wrongs Watch By Robert J. Burrowes* March 2015 — With the passing of another International Women’s Day, during which much attention around the world has again been focused on tackling violence against […]

Source: Council on Foreign Relations by Eben Kaplan Introduction The use of children as soldiers in armed conflict is among the most morally repugnant practices in the world, as illustrated by this Los Angeles Times […]

Source: Human Rights Watch Armed Groups Should Immediately Demobilize Children (Beirut) – Armed groups in Iraq affiliated to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party have recruited boys and girls, Human Rights Watch said today. In two cases […]

Source: Human Rights Watch Child recruitment is losing hearts and minds, and it is costing boys and girls dearly. by Zama Neff “Daoud” said he wanted to fight “for revenge” after the Islamic State of Iraq […]

Source : Justice in Conflict by Mark Kersten Laura Nacyte joins JiC for this post on need for accountability for the use of child soldiers in Iraq. Laura is an MSc graduate of Global Security from […]

Source : IPCCL  By Av. LLM Erinda Duraj (Male), Bozo & Associates Law Firm Child Soldiers Photograph: Karel Prinsloo Abstract Children are a central concern of international criminal justice. International crimes and other forms of […]