Child Soldiers

Zusatztext 'long-overdue study...an invaluable addition to the body of information available to those such as lawyers! psychologists and policy-makers concerned with the plight of child soldiers and with the search for realistic responses and solutions to their problems.' Klappentext In this path-breaking study! Professor Goodwin-Gill and Dr. Cohn assess the status of the Child Soldier in international law and highlight the ways in which international humanitarian law fails to provide effective protection! particularly in the internal conflicts which are the most common battlefields today. Zusammenfassung This study assesses the status in international law of children who are recruited to fight in conflicts throughout the world. It highlights the ways in which international humanitarian law fails to provide effective protection, particularly in the area of internal conflicts.

Product details

• Authors: Ilene Cohn, Ilene (Research Director Cohn, G Goodwin, Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, Guy S. (Professor of Law Goodwin-Gill, Institut Henry-Dunant
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.09.1994
• EAN: 9780198259329
• ISBN: 978-0-19-825932-9
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 232 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / International, LAW / Public, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Child welfare, Child welfare and youth services, International humanitarian law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Public international law: humanitarian law