Matthew Happold

Child soldiers in international law (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Now available as an eBook for the first time, this 2005 title in the Melland Schill series asks: Can the use of children as soldiers be effectively regulated at an international level? Child soldiers in international law examines how international law has developed to deal with this problematic and emotive issue.

Happold looks at the rules restricting the recruitment of children into armed forces - rules which, though important, are often flouted - but also at the wider legal issues arising from child soldiering: to what extent can child soldiers be held criminally liable for their conduct? How should they be treated when captured? How are states obliged to demobilise and reintegrate them into their societies? It also identifies a move away towards enforcement, through the prosecution of those who recruit child soldiers, and proposals for Security Council sanctions against governments and groups who breach their international obligations by using children in armed conflicts.

This study will be essential reading for those concerned with public international law, human rights, and the United Nations and peacekeeping.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: NYU Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526170460
• Artikelnr.: 66993072

Autorenporträt

Matthew Happold is Professor of Public International Law at the University of Luxembourg. He also practises as a barrister from 3 Hare Court, London.

Inhaltsangabe

Child soldiers ininternational law: Introduction Part I 1. Child soldiers
in the world today 2. Children and children's rights: Changing perceptions
Part II 3. The United Nations and child soldiers Part III 4. The legal
regulation of the recruitment and use of children in hostilities:
International humanitarian law 5. The legal regulation of the recruitment
and use of children in hostilities: International human rights law 6. The
legal regulation of the recruitment and use of children in hostilities:
Customary internationallaw and non-state actors Part IV 7. The legal
treatment of child soldiers Part V 8. The recruitment of child soldiers as
a war crime 9. The responsibility of child soldiers for war crimes Part VI
10. Child soldiers as asylum seekers and refugees Part VII 11. Child
soldiers in international law: Conclusion