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International Law Concerning Child Civilians in Armed Conflict
Jenny Kuper
出版Clarendon Press, 1997
主題Law / GeneralLaw / Family Law / ChildrenLaw / International
ISBN01982648529780198264859
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=kGei4ReGM6oC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋'Mankind owes to the child the best it has to give.' International law first voiced this noble sentiment in the 1924 Declaration of the Rights of the Child. However, the experience of children caught up in armed conflicts makes a mockery of those words. If anything, in situations of armed conflict children receive the worst that mankind has to give. -- This is despite the fact that there is a plethora of international law which is relevant as regards the protection of child civilians in armed conflict. This body of law includes the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child and, more generally, many provisions of both humanitarian and human rights law. -- This thesis examines international law concerning child civilians in armed conflict. The three main questions it addresses are: What are the precise rules incorporated in this body of law, and what are its implementation mechanisms? How effective is it (with reference to recent conflicts involving Iraq) in helping to achieve some protection for child civilians? Can it be rendered more effective? -- The first section of this thesis therefore discusses international law (both treaty and custom) and related legal and policy developments, which directly or indirectly form part of the legal regime pertinent to child civilians in armed conflict. Following this, there is an examination of the role of the many bodies and mechanisms involved in the monitoring, implementation and enforcement of the law concerning child civilians. -- The thesis then attempts to assess the effectiveness of this body of law, primarily with reference to a series of recent conflicts involving Iraq, including the 1991 Gulf War. For the purposes of this assessment, various indicators are selected, such as the extent to which the applicable law was invoked and/or implemented in UN actions, debates, and resolutions.