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Children's human rights in armed conflicts: a legal perspective to its implementation and interpretation

Abstract

The last decade received attention on interaction between IHL and IHRL and their possible overlap and implementation. This becomes more difficult when minors are concerned, especially when they are actively or passively involved in armed conflicts. Despite progress, challenges remain. Of the estimated 26 million displaced population, half are children and young people, who continue to become targets of militias, armed groups and result in being combatants, sex slaves, labours, porters or exploited and violated in other ways. This situation is further exacerbated due to the changing nature of contemporary conflicts and armed violence. This leads to the discussion of attainable age of criminal responsibility.Hundreds of thousands of children are in detained places, held by either state authorities or armed groups with varied reasons. An increasing number held in immigration cases raises further questions.

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Asmat, Salwa

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Supervisors: John-Hopkins, M

Oxford Brookes departments

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Dates

Year: 2016


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