
Atrocity Crimes, Children and International Criminal Courts
Killing Childhood
- 276 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This book shows how international criminal courts have paid only limited and inconsistent attention to atrocity crimes affecting children.
It elucidates the many structural, legal, financial and even attitudinal obstacles, often overlapping, that have contributed to the international courts' focus on the experience of adults, rendering children almost invisible. It reviews whether and how different international and hybrid criminal jurisdictions have considered international crimes committed against or by children. The book also considers how international criminal justice can help contribute to the recognition of the specific impact that international crimes have on children, whether as victims or as participants, and strengthen their protection.
Finally, it proposes an agenda to improve this situation, making specific recommendations encompassing the urgent need to further elaborate child-friendly procedures. It also calls for international investigative and prosecutorial strategies to be less adult-centric and broaden the scope of crimes against children beyond the focus on child-soldiers.
This book is an invaluable resource for academics, researchers and fieldworkers in the areas of international criminal law, international human rights law/child rights, international humanitarian law, child protection and transitional justice.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Overall summary
- Abbreviations and acronyms
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Legal Protection of Children under International Law
- 3. International Courts and Child-Specific Crimes
- 4. International Courts and Child-Victims of Generic Atrocity Crimes
- 5. International Courts and Children Involved in International Crimes
- 6. Conclusion and Recommendations
- Bibliography
- Index