First victims then perpetrators: child soldiers and International Law

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Published: Dec 1, 2010
Issue: Vol. 3 (2010): Special Issue
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Keywords: Child soldiers international criminal law Sierra Leone.

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Claudia Morini
Università degli Studi di Bari (Italy)

Abstract

This article examines the issue of the position of child soldiers under International Law. After preliminary remarks on the approach of international human rights and humanitarian law to the protection of children involved in armed conflicts, the article discusses the prohibitions on recruiting children and the individual criminal responsibility of recruiters. Case-law on the child soldiers’ recruitment is considered. In the fourth part the position of the child soldiers as perpetrators is discussed and the retributive approach to the issue is explored. The last section offers an overview of the restorative justice-oriented solution to the dilemma of the criminal responsibility of child soldiers adopted in the context of the post-conflict situation in Sierra Leone.
Author Biography

Claudia Morini, Università degli Studi di Bari (Italy)

PhD in International and European Union Law, Università degli Studi di Bari (Italy)
How to Cite
Morini, C. (2010). First victims then perpetrators: child soldiers and International Law. ACDI - Anuario Colombiano De Derecho Internacional, 3, 187–208. Retrieved from https://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/acdi/article/view/1736
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