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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"child soldiers"”.
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Child Soldiers: Solutions from a Humanistic Lens
<p>This paper examines the issue of Child Soldiers using case studies of three conflicts in which children were found fighting. The paper also looks at the CSPA and the Presidential waiver of four countries by President Obama.</p>
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‘Child Soldiers: a threat to Irish Peace Support Operations?’
… in a theatre in which the phenomenon of the Child Soldier existed. This thesis was undertaken to explore the phenomenon of the Child Soldier and to attempt to determine whether the Defence Forces adequately prepares their personnel for situations in which Child Soldiers may be encountered, …
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Reparations and child soldiers in Africa: the legal regime of reparations for former child soldiers under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
The involvement of children to fight in armed conflicts remains one of the main challenges towards the full realization of children's rights on the African continent. Despite a substantive legal framework affording protection and prohibiting the enlisting and recruitment of child soldiers, this …
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Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda: An Analysis of the Challenges and Opportunities for Reintegration and Rehabilitation.
The level of brutality and violence against children abducted and forcefully conscripted by the Lord¿s Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda pricked the conscience of humanity. The suffering of the people in northern Uganda was described by Jan Egeland, the former United Nations Under- Secretary …
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Child Soldiers: victims or perpetrators - how they are treated under international law and Sierra Leonean law
… 'We must not close our eyes to the fact that child soldiers are both victims and perpetrators. They sometimes carry out the most barbaric acts of violence. But no matter what the child is guilty of, the main responsibility lies with us, the adults. There is simply no excuse, no acceptable …
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Screening African Conflicts : the different faces of Africa's child soldiers - Afro-pessimistic / Afro-optimistic portrayals on screen
When discussing and addressing child soldiering in Africa, both in print or in film, there are a number of key factors that need to be considered. For example, taking into account the root causes for both recruitment and voluntary enlistment - which include the changed nature of weapons and …
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Becoming Human Through the Communalization of Trauma and Healing: Experiences of Support Among Former Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda
<p>Despite global protections intended to protect children and hold governments and militarized groups accountable, contemporary discourse surrounding armed conflict recognizes the continued presence of children in war. While the knowledge base surrounding this issue is still in its infancy, some …
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International criminal law and the African girl child soldier: does the international criminal law framework provide adequate protection to the African girl child soldier?
… provide adequate protection to the African girl child soldier? The motivation for the choice of this question came about in my final year of LLB. I conducted research on crimes against humanity committed by Boko Haram, and found a lot of research had been conducted on the use of children in war. …
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An international legal perspective on conflict-related sexual violence: examining the plight of girl soldiers
… of the current legal protection provided to girl soldiers in armed conflict under International Law will be provided through a desktop qualitative study. In order to explore the scope of the protection, an analysis of how International Law protects girl soldiers through legal instruments, …
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Doctoral thesis recital (composition)
… master of public policy -- Trained to hate: Child soldiers and youth violence in the Angolan civil war -- Dr. Catharine H. Echols, associate professor of psychology -- Developing a concept of enemy -- Jermaine Thibodeaux, A.B. Cornell University -- What these youthful eyes have seen: …
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Children, youth and transitional justice in Northern Uganda
… prominently. Despite the strong involvement of children and youths in the conflict – as victims and perpetrators – their inclusion in, needs for and expectations of transitional justice have barely been explored or acknowledged. This thesis thus aims at exploring ways in which formerly abducted …
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Bridging the Gap – Prioritizing Cultural Competency in Not-For-Profit Organizational Strategy for Global Teacher Training
… in Uganda on preventing the recruitment of child soldiers. The organization recently paused operations to focus on improving the development and delivery of its programs. As the organization’s collaboration with Ugandan teachers weakened due to growing physical and cultural distance, the …
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Youth at War: The Impact and Effectiveness of International Laws against Child Soldier Recruitment
… has succeeded in preventing the recruitment of child soldiers. Although numerous treaties, conventions and protocols within international humanitarian, human rights and international criminal law prohibit the practice, the recruitment of children into armed groups and forces remain widespread …
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Defining Success in Anti-Trafficking Policy: An Analysis of the U.S. State Departments Criteria for Combating Human Trafficking
… sweatshop labor, domestic work, and as child soldiers for armed conflicts. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "after drug dealing, human trafficking is tied with the illegal arms industry as the second largest criminal industry in the world today, and it is …
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Heroines, victims and survivors: female minors as active agents in films about African colonial and postcolonial conflicts
… sees girls as trebly marginalised as "female," "child soldiers" and "African." A cultural approach that combines textual and contextual analyses is used to draw links between the case study films and the societies within which they are produced and consumed. The thesis notes the shift that occurs …
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Lubanga, child soldiering and the philosophy of international law
… ICC for the conscription, enlistment and use of child soldiers. The use of child combatants for purposes of war is a pernicious global problem outlawed in international criminal law. However, of the crimes designated as ‘egregious,’ it has historically been under-enforced and inadequately …
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Legitimacy, state-building, and civilian targeting in separatist civil wars
… targeting, such as civilian killing, use of child soldiers, sexual violence, kidnapping, theft, and seizure of humanitarian aid. I also find that separatists are more likely to engage in practices that are intended to demonstrate the efficacy of their political institutions, such as extortion …
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The effectiveness of restorative justice in preventing children's participation in armed conflict in North Kivu Province, the Democratic Republic of Congo : a participatory action research
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree Doctor of Technology: Public Management (Peacebuilding), Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2016.
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