Child Soldiers and the Defence of Duress under International Criminal Law

Child Soldiers and the Defence of Duress under International Criminal Law
Author: Windell Nortje
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2019-07-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3030206637

This book investigates the use of duress as a defence in international criminal law, specifically in cases of child soldiers. The prosecution of children for international crimes often only focuses on whether children can and should be prosecuted under international law. However, it is rarely considered what would happen to these children at the trial stage. This work offers a nuanced approach towards international prosecution and considers how children could be implicated and defended in international courts. This study will be of interest to academics and practitioners working in international criminal law, transitional justice and children’s rights.

The Legal Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone

The Legal Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone
Author: Charles Jalloh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2020-07-16
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107178312

Explores how the first treaty-based UN international tribunal's judges innovatively applied the law to perpetrators of international crimes in one of the worst conflicts in recent history.

Defense Perspectives on International Criminal Justice

Defense Perspectives on International Criminal Justice
Author: Colleen Rohan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 629
Release: 2017-04-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108161642

This examination of the role of the defense in international criminal proceedings highlights its contribution to the development of international criminal law and the fair administration of international criminal justice. Written by leading international practitioners and scholars, it combines the practice and theory of international criminal law in order to provide a first-hand perspective on the significant challenges involved in the administration of international criminal justice. The authors examine, among other issues, the role of the defense during the different stages of international criminal proceedings, the key aspects of defense work which seek to ensure the accused's right to a fair trial, professional ethics, the United Nations Residual Mechanism for International Tribunals, and post-conviction remedies and issues relating to those serving prison sentences.

Child Soldiers in International Law

Child Soldiers in International Law
Author: Matthew Happold
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2005
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780719065866

Can the use of children as soldiers be effectively regulated at an international level? 'Child soldiers in international law' examines how international law has developed to deal with this problematic and emotive issue. Happold looks at the rules restricting the recruitment of children into armed forces - rules which, though important, are often flouted - but also at the wider legal issues arising from child soldiering: to what extent can child soldiers be held criminally liable for their conduct? How should they be treated when captured? How are states obliged to demobilise and reintegrate them into their societies? It also identifies a move away towards enforcement, through the prosecution of those who recruit child soldiers, and proposals for Security Council sanctions against governments and groups who breach their international obligations by using children in armed conflicts. This study will be essential reading for those concerned with public international law, human rights, and the United Nations and peacekeeping.

The African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples' Rights in Context

The African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples' Rights in Context
Author: Charles C. Jalloh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1199
Release: 2019-05-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 110842273X

This volume analyses the prospects and challenges of the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples' Rights in context. The book is for all readers interested in African institutions and contemporary global challenges of peace, security, human rights, and international law. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

The Law and Practice of the International Criminal Court

The Law and Practice of the International Criminal Court
Author: Carsten Stahn
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 1441
Release: 2015
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0198705166

The International Criminal Court has significantly grown in importance and impact over the decade of its existence. This book assesses its impact, providing a comprehensive overview of its practice. It shows how the Court has contributed to major developments in international criminal law, and identifies the ways in which it is in need of reform.

Transitional Justice for Child Soldiers

Transitional Justice for Child Soldiers
Author: K. Fisher
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 886
Release: 2013-10-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 113703050X

This book examines and offers suggestions for how post-conflict practices should conceptualize and address harms committed by child soldiers for successful social reconstruction in the aftermath of mass atrocity. It defends the use of accountability and considers the agency of youth participants in violent conflict as responsible moral entities.

The Fundamental Concept of Crime in International Criminal Law

The Fundamental Concept of Crime in International Criminal Law
Author: Iryna Marchuk
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2013-07-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3642282466

This book examines the rapid development of the fundamental concept of a crime in international criminal law from a comparative law perspective. In this context, particular thought has been given to the catalyzing impact of the criminal law theory that has developed in major world legal systems upon the crystallization of the substantive part of international criminal law. This study offers a critical overview of international and domestic jurisprudence with regard to the construal of the concept of a crime (actus reus, mens rea, defences, modes of liability) and exposes roots of confusion in international criminal law through a comprehensive comparative analysis of substantive criminal laws in selected legal jurisdictions.

Child Soldier Victims of Genocidal Forcible Transfer

Child Soldier Victims of Genocidal Forcible Transfer
Author: Sonja C. Grover
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2012-01-05
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3642236146

This book provides an original legal analysis of child soldiers recruited into armed groups or forces committing mass atrocities and/or genocide as the victims of the genocidal forcible transfer of children. Legal argument is made regarding the lack of criminal culpability of such child soldier 'recruits' for conflict-related international crimes and the inapplicability of currently recommended judicial and non-judicial accountability mechanisms in such cases. The book challenges various anthropological accounts of child soldiers' alleged 'tactical agency' to resist committing atrocity as members of armed groups or forces committing mass atrocity and/or genocide. Also provided are original interpretations of relevant international law including an interpretation of the Rome Statute age-based exclusion from prosecution of persons who were under 18 at the time of perpetrating the crime as substantive law setting an international standard for the humane treatment of child soldiers.