International Criminal Accountability And The Rights Of Children

Author : Karin Arts,Vesselin Popovski
Publisher : Hague Academic Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : 9067044253

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International Criminal Accountability and the Rights of Children by Karin Arts,Vesselin Popovski Pdf

International crimes and other forms of violence and the abuse of children are disturbing daily realities in today’s world. Children and young persons are increasingly and routinely targeted for the purposes of murder, rape, abduction, mutilation, recruitment as child soldiers, trafficking, sexual exploitation and other abuses. Particularly in situations of armed conflict children prove to be vulnerable and at risk. The situations in Darfur, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Philippines, Nepal, Colombia, and many others tragically illustrate this. This book is among the very first academic publications that are solely devoted to the topic of international criminal accountability and the rights of children. A rich combination of practitioners (including ICC, ICTY and SCSL prosecutors) and academics present a wealth of relevant material in this field. They explore to what extent international law instruments and international criminal accountability mechanisms are potentially useful for countering violations of children’s rights in and after armed conflict. Likewise, they analyze to what extent the tendency of profiling children’s rights much more strongly than before – mainly under the umbrella of the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and in the form of child rights-based approaches – converges with the features of international criminal accountability mechanisms such as the International Criminal Court, the Yugoslavia and Rwanda Tribunals, and the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Next to academics interested in the fields of international criminal law and human rights law, practitioners, policy makers and representatives of the military will benefit from reading this book. Dr. Karin Arts is Associate Professor in International Law and Development at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands. Dr. Vesselin Popovski is Director of Studies for the International Order and Justice, Peace and Governance Programme, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan.

Author : Vesselin Popovski,Karin Arts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Children's rights
ISBN : 9280830163

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International Criminal Accountability and Children's Rights by Vesselin Popovski,Karin Arts Pdf

Author : Leonie Steinl
Publisher : Springer
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789462652019

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Child Soldiers as Agents of War and Peace by Leonie Steinl Pdf

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.

Author : Sharanjeet Parmar
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0979639549

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Children and Transitional Justice by Sharanjeet Parmar Pdf

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Author : Farhad Malekian
Publisher : Nova Sciencepublishers Incorporated
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Law
ISBN : 1536187909

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International Criminal Law of Children by Farhad Malekian Pdf

"This book addresses the international criminal law of children, which constitutes one of the major branches of public international criminal law. It brings together the imperative key codes of the international humanitarian law of armed conflict, international human rights law, international criminal law, and international criminal justice in conjunction with the legal statute of children, with a diverse range of methods and positions on the origin of national criminal laws. It proves that children are an especially precious subject of international jurisprudence, and therefore violating their rights in the time of armed conflict is not only a crime of international character, but also an assault against the most elementary, ethical philosophy of universal moral justice. The book also addresses questions relating to the rape, torture, or killing of minors/children in different parts of our globe. The theme of the book condemns various brutal conducts authorized by governments against children both in times of war and of peace such as genocide or recruitment of child soldiers. Through this, the book evaluates the principles of jus cogens and erga omnes which have been constantly violated by various states over the last several centuries up until today. The powerful theory of the book is strongly recommended to all law and public libraries in the world. It should be read by students of law and politics, international lawyers, researchers of criminal law, military offices including peacekeeping missions"--

Author : Emma Charlene Lubaale,Ntombizozuko Dyani-Mhango
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030880446

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National Accountability for International Crimes in Africa by Emma Charlene Lubaale,Ntombizozuko Dyani-Mhango Pdf

This book critically examines the issues pertaining to the Rome Statute’s complementarity principle. The focus lies on the primacy of African states to prosecute alleged perpetrators of international crimes in their respective jurisdictions. The chapters explore states’ international and domestic obligations to hold perpetrators of international crimes to account before the national courts, and demonstrate the complexity of enforcing national accountability of alleged perpetrators of international crimes while also ensuring that post-conflict African states achieve national healing, reconciliation, and sustainable peace. The contributions reject impunity for international crimes whilst also considering these complexities. Emphasis further lies on the meaning of accountability in the context of the politics of selective international criminal justice for crimes committed before the establishment of the International Criminal Court.

Author : K. Fisher
Publisher : Springer
Page : 886 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137030504

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Transitional Justice for Child Soldiers by K. Fisher Pdf

This book examines and offers suggestions for how post-conflict practices should conceptualize and address harms committed by child soldiers for successful social reconstruction in the aftermath of mass atrocity. It defends the use of accountability and considers the agency of youth participants in violent conflict as responsible moral entities.

Author : Don Cipriani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317167587

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Children’s Rights and the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility by Don Cipriani Pdf

Children of almost any age can break the law, but at what age should children first face the possibility of criminal responsibility for their alleged crimes? This work is the first global analysis of national minimum ages of criminal responsibility (MACRs), the international legal obligations that surround them, and the principal considerations for establishing and implementing respective age limits. Taking an international children's rights approach, with a rich theoretical framework and the vitality of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, this work maintains a critical perspective, such as in challenging the assumptions of many children's rights scholars and advocates. Compiling the age limits and statutory sources for all countries, this book explains the broad historical origins behind most of them, identifying the recurring practical challenges that affect every country and providing the first comprehensive evidence that a general principle of international law requires all nations, regardless of their treaty ratifications, to establish respective minimum age limits.

Author : Steven R. Ratner,Jason S. Abrams,James L. Bischoff
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199546664

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Accountability for Human Rights Atrocities in International Law by Steven R. Ratner,Jason S. Abrams,James L. Bischoff Pdf

This book explores the promise and limitations of international criminal law as a means of enforcing international human rights and humanitarian law. It analyses the principal crimes, such as genocide and crimes against humanity, and appraises the mechanisms developed to bring individuals to justice.

Author : Windell Nortje,Noëlle Quénivet
Publisher : Springer
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030206635

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Child Soldiers and the Defence of Duress under International Criminal Law by Windell Nortje,Noëlle Quénivet Pdf

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.

Author : Farhad Malekian
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1536187615

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International Criminal Law of Children by Farhad Malekian Pdf

This book addresses the international criminal law of children, which constitutes one of the major branches of public international criminal law. It brings together the imperative key codes of the international humanitarian law of armed conflict, international human rights law, international criminal law, and international criminal justice in conjunction with the legal statute of children, with a diverse range of methods and positions on the origin of national criminal laws. It proves that children are an especially precious subject of international jurisprudence, and therefore violating their rights in the time of armed conflict is not only a crime of international character, but also an assault against the most elementary, ethical philosophy of universal moral justice. The book also addresses questions relating to the rape, torture, or killing of minors/children in different parts of our globe. The theme of the book condemns various brutal conducts authorized by governments against children both in times of war and of peace such as genocide or recruitment of child soldiers. Through this, the book evaluates the principles of jus cogens and erga omnes which have been constantly violated by various states over the last several centuries up until today. The powerful theory of the book is strongly recommended to all law and public libraries in the world. It should be read by students of law and politics, international lawyers, researchers of criminal law, military offices including peacekeeping missions.

Author : Sonja C. Grover
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1131 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783642005183

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Prosecuting International Crimes and Human Rights Abuses Committed Against Children by Sonja C. Grover Pdf

This casebook addresses selected precedent-setting rulings of various international human rights and international criminal courts with a focus on the child victims of international crimes and human rights abuses. The cases are analysed from the children’s human rights perspective and the question is examined as to what extent the aforementioned courts are according these children justice. The scope of the book is thus limited to the consideration of these representative important cases concerning violations of (a) international human rights and humanitarian law and (b) international criminal law involving child victims and the judicial remedies accorded or denied these victims and their family members. This is not in any way to diminish the suffering and importance of the adult victims of violations of fundamental human rights and grave international crimes. Rather, the book is intended to deal with the restricted and largely neglected topic of to what extent international courts are attending to the implications of there being child victims with respect to the courts’ addressing and handling of, among other matters, the following: (a) the con?rmation of charges relating to child-speci?c international crimes (i. e. recruitment of child soldiers, forced child marriage etc.

Author : Cécile Aptel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000862874

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Atrocity Crimes, Children and International Criminal Courts by Cécile Aptel Pdf

This book shows how international criminal courts have paid only limited and inconsistent attention to atrocity crimes affecting children. It elucidates the many structural, legal, financial and even attitudinal obstacles, often overlapping, that have contributed to the international courts’ focus on the experience of adults, rendering children almost invisible. It reviews whether and how different international and hybrid criminal jurisdictions have considered international crimes committed against or by children. The book also considers how international criminal justice can help contribute to the recognition of the specific impact that international crimes have on children, whether as victims or as participants, and strengthen their protection. Finally, it proposes an agenda to improve this situation, making specific recommendations encompassing the urgent need to further elaborate child-friendly procedures. It also calls for international investigative and prosecutorial strategies to be less adult-centric and broaden the scope of crimes against children beyond the focus on child-soldiers. This book is an invaluable resource for academics, researchers and fieldworkers in the areas of international criminal law, international human rights law/child rights, international humanitarian law, child protection and transitional justice.

Author : Sonja C. Grover
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030750022

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The Persecution of Children as a Crime Against Humanity by Sonja C. Grover Pdf

This book addresses age-based persecution of children as a crime against humanity in connection with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes (persecution - with some variation in the elements of the crime - is an existing offence under the Rome Statute of the permanent International Criminal Court, the statutes of various international criminal tribunals i.e. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and under the statutes of other international criminal courts (i.e. the Special Court of Sierra Leone)). The book introduces a completely original concept in international criminal law, however, in discussing age-based persecution of children as an international crime against humanity where (i) the particular discrete child collective is targeted ‘as such’ for international atrocity crimes or (ii) individual children are targeted based on their age-based group identity as it intersects with other perpetrator – targeted characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, religion etc.

Author : Ann-Charlotte Nilsson
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 1637 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004260269

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Children and Youth in Armed Conflict by Ann-Charlotte Nilsson Pdf

This is a book that students and professionals from different disciplines and backgrounds, including from academia, international organisations, non-governmental organisations, the medical community, governments, etc., will find to be a valuable resource in their quest to learn more about an area of study that has long been neglected. 2 Volume set.