Protecting Children in Armed Conflict

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5099-2303-8
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Buch, Englisch, 600 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1148 g

In armed conflicts around the world, children are being killed, raped, abducted and recruited to fight at a shocking scale. In light of this continuing general failure to protect children in conflict, it is questionable whether existing international law norms and institutions provide sufficient protection and accountability. Consideration needs to be given to whether international law can do more - practically and effectively - when moral lines are crossed.

That is the purpose of this book. It reviews the position of children in armed conflict by reference to the 'six grave violations' as identified by the UN Security Council. It analyses the protection offered by international humanitarian law, international criminal law and international human rights law, and also assesses the related adjudicative accountability mechanisms. The analysis concludes with a number of recommendations and proposals for reform, with a view to enhancing accountability and deterring future violations.

The book has been written by a team of lawyers, headed by Shaheed Fatima QC, and has drawn on the input of an expert advisory panel comprising leading academics, policy-makers and activists. It has been written as part of the Inquiry on Protecting Children in Conflict. The Inquiry has been sponsored by Save the Children and Theirworld and chaired by former UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Qc, Shaheed Fatima

KC, Shaheed Fatima

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. General Introduction

I. Introduction
II. The Machel Report: Overview

III. Time to Re-Assess the Protection of Children

IV. Children in Armed Conflict: 1923-1996

V. The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children: The 1996 Machel Report

VI. Following in Machel's Footsteps: Developments Since 1996

VII. The Six Issues Considered in this Book

VIII. Conclusion and Summary

2. Legal Sources, Structure and Accountability Mechanisms

I. Introduction
II. Relevant Sources of International Law

III. General Problems with the International Law Framework

IV. Accountability Mechanisms

V. General Problems with Accountability Mechanisms

VI. Conclusion and Summary

3. Killing and Ill-Treatment of Children

I. Introduction
II. Legal Framework

III. Accountability Mechanisms

IV. Conclusion and Summary

4. Recruitment and Use of Children

I. Introduction
II. Legal Framework

III. Accountability Mechanisms

IV. Conclusion and Summary

5. Sexual Violence

I. Introduction
II. Legal Framework

III. Accountability Mechanisms

IV. Conclusion and Summary

6. Child Abduction

I. Introduction

II. Legal Framework

III. Accountability Mechanisms

IV. Conclusion and Summary

7. Attacks Against Hospitals and Schools

I. Introduction

II. General Rules Relevant to Attacks Against Hospitals and Schools
III. Attacks Against Hospitals

IV. Attacks Against Schools

V. Conclusion and Summary

8. Denial of Humanitarian Access and Assistance

I. Introduction

II. Setting the Scene

III. Legal Framework

IV. Accountability Mechanisms

V. Conclusion and Summary

9. Conclusion

I. Introduction

II. Specific Suggestions

III. General Suggestion: A New Legal Instrument

IV. Accountability

V. Conclusion and Summary

Über Autor(innen)

KC, Shaheed Fatima
Shaheed Fatima KC is a barrister at Blackstone Chambers, London.