Targeting Child Soldiers

Submitted by crinadmin on Mon, 25/02/2013 - 11:30

A very short, blog style piece on the intriguing and difficult question of whether it is legal to target child soldiers and if so in what circumstances. This is an issue which has not been addressed by the literature but which raises key questions about the nature of the laws of war and the protection of children in armed conflict. The author argues that whilst the laws of war traditionally view all members of the armed forces as combatants who can be targeted, the fact that recruiting child soldiers is a war crime suggests that the attacking party might not be entirely blameless, especially in circumstances in which child soldiers are not currently participating in hostilities.

Download the full paper here: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2223619

Owner: Frederic Megretpdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/Targeting_child_soldiers.pdf

Articles:

Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict

Article 38: Armed conflicts

Organisation:

McGill University - Faculty of Law

Attachment Link:

http://www.crin.org/docs/Targeting_child_soldiers.pdf

Web:

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2223619

Link :

Countries

Algeria

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