The War Crime of Child Soldier Recruitment
Julie McBride
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Hardback. The War Crime of Child Soldier Recruitment Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPVH; LBB; LBBS; LBBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 532.
The practice of using children to participate in conflict has become a defining characteristic of 21st century warfare and is the most recent addition to the canon of international war crimes. This text examines the development of this crime of recruiting, conscripting or using children for participation in armed conflict, from human rights principle to fully fledged war crime, prosecuted at the International Criminal Court. The background and reasons for the growing use of children in armed conflict are analysed, before discussing the origins of the crime in international humanitarian law and human rights law treaties, including the Convention on ... Read more
The practice of using children to participate in conflict has become a defining characteristic of 21st century warfare and is the most recent addition to the canon of international war crimes. This text examines the development of this crime of recruiting, conscripting or using children for participation in armed conflict, from human rights principle to fully fledged war crime, prosecuted at the International Criminal Court. The background and reasons for the growing use of children in armed conflict are analysed, before discussing the origins of the crime in international humanitarian law and human rights law treaties, including the Convention on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
T.M.C. Asser Press Netherlands
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
The Hague, Netherlands
ISBN
9789067049207
SKU
V9789067049207
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