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Children and war. --- Child soldiers. --- Refugee children.

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This is the first comprehensive look at the use of children in contemporary warfare. From U.S. soldiers having to fight children in Afghanistan and Iraq to juvenile terrorists in Sri Lanka to Palestine, the new, younger face of battle is a terrible reality of 21st century warfare. Indeed, the very first American soldier killed by hostile fire in the "War on Terrorism" was shot by a fourteen-year-old Afghan boy. Children at War is the first comprehensive examination of a disturbing and escalating phenomenon: The use of children as soldiers around the globe. Interweaving explanatory narrative with the voices of child soldiers themselves, P.W. Singer, an internationally recognized expert in modern warfare, introduces the brutal reality of conflict, where children are sent off to fight in war-torn hotspots from Colombia and the Sudan to Kashmir and Sierra Leone. He explores the evolution of this phenomenon, how and why children are recruited, indoctrinated, trained, and converted to soldiers and then lays out the consequences for global security, with a special case study on terrorism. With this established, he lays out the responses that can end this horrible practice. What emerges is not only a compelling and clarifying read on the darker reality of modern warfare, but also a clear and urgent call for action.

Child soldiers --- World politics --- 855 oorlogsvoering --- Boys as soldiers --- Children as soldiers --- Soldiers --- History

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Child soldiers --- Children and war --- Côte d'Ivoire --- History --- Cote d'Ivoire

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In a political climate that holds limited promise for addressing the issue of child recruitment, Child Soldiers and Transitional Justice: Protecting the Rights of Children Involved in Armed Conflicts challenges the trend towards a narrow focus on recruitment and use of the child, and seeks to contribute to more effective prevention and responses that offer the child a chance of recovery, reconciliation and reintegration. This book adapts existing theoretical frameworks of transitional justice in order to analyse child recruitment, with a view to demonstrating how a society can address the issue in a holistic way. It systematises relevant knowledge across a wide range of legal fields to allow for greater understanding of the law and principles, and a more informed basis for practical engagement with transitional justice mechanisms.Delving deep into the travaux préparatoires of each of the fundamental legal instruments, the author analyses their evolution, spanning humanitarian law, human rights law, criminal law, and other aspects of public law, including peace agreements and action plans developed with armed groups and forces. He provides a particular focus on and in-depth analysis of the Lubanga case, and its implications for other components of transitional justice. The findings highlight arguments for placing child recruitment firmly on the transitional justice agenda. By considering child recruitment against a transitional justice framework, the book allows a detailed understanding of the distinct but complementary components - rule of law, criminal justice, historical justice, reparatory justice, institutional justice, and participatory justice - and reveals the untapped potential in interactions between different areas of transitional justice.About the authorBo Viktor Nylund is a protection and legal practitioner who has focused on state and non-state actor responsibility and accountability throughout his career. Bo Viktor has Masters degrees in law and political science from Columbia University Law School and Abo Akademi University and a PhD in international law from the Geneva Graduate Institute for International Studies. He has served UNHCR, UNICEF and OHCHR and is currently UNICEF's Representative in Burundi.

Human rights --- Criminal law. Criminal procedure --- Law of armed conflicts. Humanitarian law --- Polemology --- Child soldiers [international law ] --- Children and war --- Enfants et la guerre --- Enfants-soldats [Loi international ] --- Justice transactionnelle --- Justice transitionnelle --- Kinderen en oorlog --- Kindsoldaten [Internationaal recht ] --- Overgang rechtvaardigheid --- Overgangsrechtvaardigheid --- Transitional justice --- Child soldiers (international law) --- Child soldiers --- Enfants soldats --- Enfants et guerre --- Legal status, law, etc --- Statut juridique --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Enfants et guerre. --- Justice transitionnelle. --- Statut juridique. --- Child soldiers (International law) --- Children and war. --- Transitional justice. --- Justice --- War and children --- War --- Boys as soldiers --- Children as soldiers --- Soldiers --- International law

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This volume constitutes a commentary on the First Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, dealing with the involvement of children in armed conflicts. It is part of the series, A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child , which provides an article by article analysis of all substantive, organizational and procedural provisions of the CRC and its two Optional Protocols. For every article, a comparison with related human rights provisions is made, followed by an in-depth exploration of the nature and scope of State obligations deriving from that article. The series constitutes an essential tool for actors in the field of children’s rights, including academics, students, judges, grassroots workers, governmental, non- governmental and international officers. The series is sponsored by the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office .

Human rights --- Law of armed conflicts. Humanitarian law --- Child soldiers --- Children and war. --- Children and war --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- 180.1 Kinderrechten - internationaal --- Boys as soldiers --- Children as soldiers --- Soldiers --- War and children --- War --- Legal status, laws, etc --- Child soldiers - Legal status, laws, etc.