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Book Synopsis The Torture of Children During Armed Conflicts by : Sonja C. Grover
Download or read book The Torture of Children During Armed Conflicts written by Sonja C. Grover and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines selected legal complexities of the notion of torture and the issue of the proper foundation for legally characterizing certain acts as torture, especially when children are the targeted victims of torture. ICC case law is used to highlight the International Criminal Court’s reluctance in practice to prosecute as a separable offence the crime of torture as set out in one or more of the relevant provisions of the Rome Statute where children are the particularized targets as part of a common plan during armed conflict. Also addressed is the failure of the ICC to consider that the young age of the victims of torture (i.e. children) should be an aggravating factor taken into account in determining the ICC sentence for those convicted of the torture of civilians, including children, in the context of armed conflict as part of a common plan. The six UN-designated grave crimes against children (including child soldiering for State or non-State forces perpetrating mass atrocities, and sexual violence perpetrated on a systematic and widespread basis against children including child soldiers), it is argued, are also instances of the torture of children as part of a common plan such that separate charges of torture are legally supportable (along with the other charges relating to additional Rome Statute offences involved in such circumstances). Useful legal perspectives on the issue of the torture of children in its various manifestations gleaned from the case law of other international judicial forums such as the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the ICTY are also examined.
Book Synopsis Torture of Children in Situations of Armed Conflict by : Elizabeth Protacio-Marcelino
Download or read book Torture of Children in Situations of Armed Conflict written by Elizabeth Protacio-Marcelino and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Children, Torture and Power by : Nathalie Man
Download or read book Children, Torture and Power written by Nathalie Man and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children, Torture and Power is a call to the international community to place the torture of children onto the international human right agenda, and to start combatting this deep-rooted problem. The report shows how children in countries all over the world are being subjected to torture and ill-treatment at the hands of their own governments and armed opposition groups. Drawing on documentary evidence from the UN and inter-governmental bodies, as well as a wide range of NGO's this report indentifies the following factors which increase children's vulnerability to torture and ill-treatment: conflict with the law; poverty; discrimination (for example, ethnicity, religion, gender, social, origin, birth); family associations; political activism; and involvement in armed conflict. The report also considers: the international definition of torture and problems in its application to children the effects of torture on children mechanisms which exist to protect children from torture.
Book Synopsis Childhood Abused by : Geraldine Van Bueren
Download or read book Childhood Abused written by Geraldine Van Bueren and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998, this book seeks to consider the application of international human rights standards to situations where children are at risk of torture and other forms of ill-treatment. Each of the contributors authoritatively examines torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment from the perspective of their own discipline and experience. In exploring the issues, Childhood Abused, also helps to raise their profile, as invisibility, ignorance and secrecy contribute to the continuation of such practices. The subject is harrowing and complex, Childhood Abused, needs to be read so that we are better able to prevent and protect children against such abhorrent and prohibited forms of ill-treatment.
Book Synopsis Children in War by : Everett M. Ressler
Download or read book Children in War written by Everett M. Ressler and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sad reality of children killed, tortured, imprisoned, and orphaned by war substantiates the need for renewed local, national, and international commitment to these children. This guide examines: (1) the impacts present-day armed conflicts have on children and their families; (2) what special needs of children should be anticipated and monitored; (3) which children in what circumstances are likely to have special needs that may require intervention; (4) what principles of program response might be expected; (5) what program strategies are being adopted around the world to meet children's needs; and (6) what literature and special resources are available to service providers. The first part of the book opens with a discussion of armed conflict, essential to comprehending the needs of children in these situations and to finding ways to assure their well-being. A photo essay then offers a forceful statement of how conflict affects children. The next chapter provides a conceptual framework for addressing war's negative effects on children. Six chapters in the second part of the book consider different impacts of conflict on children and what is being done to counter these impacts. The topics covered are: (1) loss of life; (2) injury, illness, malnutrition, and disability; (3) torture, abuse, imprisonment, and recruitment; (4) unaccompanied children; (5) psychosocial distress; and (6) educational disruption. The guide contains chapter references and a selected bibliography of over 1,000 items related to the provision of services to children in situations of armed conflict. (TJQ)
Book Synopsis The Impact of War on Children by : Graça Machel
Download or read book The Impact of War on Children written by Graça Machel and published by C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS. This book was released on 2001 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graca Machel, UNICEF's special rapporteur, also scrutinises sexual crimes in time of war, the fate of orphans, the disproportionate suffering of children endure in civil wars, and their special vulnerability to such side-effects of conflict as famine, disease and social fragmentation. "The Impact of War on Children" is an urgent call to action-for the commitment and tenacity needed to protect children from the atrocities of war. Children present a uniquely compelling motivation for mobilisation, and an opportunity to confront the problems that cause their suffering. This book is complemented by 16 evocative photographs by Sebastiao Salgado, a documentary photographer of world renown, covering Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, Rwanda and elsewhere.
Book Synopsis Monitoring State Compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child by : Ziba Vaghri
Download or read book Monitoring State Compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child written by Ziba Vaghri and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-03 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book presents a discussion on human rights-based attributes for each article pertinent to the substantive rights of children, as defined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It provides the reader with a unique and clear overview of the scope and core content of the articles, together with an analysis of the latest jurisprudence of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. For each article of the UNCRC, the authors explore the nature and scope of corresponding State obligations, and identify the main features that need to be taken into consideration when assessing a State’s progressive implementation of the UNCRC. This analysis considers which aspects of a given right are most important to track, in order to monitor States' implementation of any given right, and whether there is any resultant change in the lives of children. This approach transforms the narrative of legal international standards concerning a given right into a set of characteristics that ensure no aspect of said right is overlooked. The book develops a clear and comprehensive understanding of the UNCRC that can be used as an introduction to the rights and principles it contains, and to identify directions for future policy and strategy development in compliance with the UNCRC. As such, it offers an invaluable reference guide for researchers and students in the field of childhood and children’s rights studies, as well as a wide range of professionals and organisations concerned with the subject.
Book Synopsis The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children by : Carol Djeddah
Download or read book The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children written by Carol Djeddah and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This article examines the contribution of WHO to the UN study on the impact of armed conflict on children. Armed conflicts cause direct or indirect effects on children's health, growth and development, leading to increased morbidity and mortality. This paper projects the numbers of children at risk in armed conflicts: between 117 and 138 million children could be indirectly vulnerable by the year 2000 ; and between 124-145 million children worldwide would be at risk by the year 2030. This report addresses the primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of the adverse impact of armed conflicts. A number of actions and approaches are also proposed. The public health examines the scope and nature of health aspects of children in armed conflicts. The delivery of health services to civilians, and especially to the needy and vulnerable groups such as children and women, is also very adversely affected. This occurs while the need for preventive, promotional and environmental health services increases. Gender-based inequity is usually exacerbated during situations of extreme violence such as armed conflict. The use of sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls as a weapon of war has too often been underreported. In view of these, health personnel have an important part in educating the general public, raising awareness and concern about the consequences of war, torture, disabilities, rape, nuclear and biological weapons, and encouraging governments and the media to follow-up these issues. This paper concludes with technical recommendations prior to, during, and after armed conflicts.
Book Synopsis Transitional Justice for Child Soldiers by : K. Fisher
Download or read book Transitional Justice for Child Soldiers written by K. Fisher and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Children and the Responsibility to Protect by :
Download or read book Children and the Responsibility to Protect written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, which is a spin-off of the special issue of the journal Global Responsibility to Protect (vol.10/1-2, 2018), eighteen academics and practitioners examine the intersections of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle and the theory and practice of child protection.
Book Synopsis Children Caught in Conflict by : Gary Risser
Download or read book Children Caught in Conflict written by Gary Risser and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Children in Situations of Armed Conflict by : J. B. Ojwang
Download or read book Children in Situations of Armed Conflict written by J. B. Ojwang and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Mental Health Consequences of Torture by : Ellen Gerrity
Download or read book The Mental Health Consequences of Torture written by Ellen Gerrity and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1997 the National Institute of Mental Health assembled a working group of international experts to address the mental health consequences of torture and related violence and trauma; report on the status of scientific knowledge; and include research recommendations with implications for treatment, services, and policy development. This book, dedicated to those who experience the horrors of torture and those who work to end it, is based on that report.
Book Synopsis Does Torture Prevention Work? by : Richard Carver
Download or read book Does Torture Prevention Work? written by Richard Carver and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past three decades, international and regional human rights bodies have developed an ever-lengthening list of measures that states are required to adopt in order to prevent torture. But do any of these mechanisms actually work? This study is the first systematic analysis of the effectiveness of torture prevention. Primary research was conducted in 16 countries, looking at their experience of torture and prevention mechanisms over a 30-year period. Data was analysed using a combination of quantitative and qualitative techniques. Prevention measures do work, although some are much more effective than others. Most important of all are the safeguards that should be applied in the first hours and days after a person is taken into custody. Notification of family and access to an independent lawyer and doctor have a significant impact in reducing torture. The investigation and prosecution of torturers and the creation of independent monitoring bodies are also important in reducing torture. An important caveat to the conclusion that prevention works is that is actual practice in police stations and detention centres that matters - not treaties ratified or laws on the statute book.
Book Synopsis International Law and the Classification of Conflicts by : Elizabeth Wilmshurst
Download or read book International Law and the Classification of Conflicts written by Elizabeth Wilmshurst and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprises contributions by leading experts in the field of international humanitarian law on the subject of the categorisation or classification of armed conflict. It is divided into two sections: the first aims to provide the reader with a sound understanding of the legal questions surrounding the classification of hostilities and its consequences; the second includes ten case studies that examine practice in respect of classification. Understanding how classification operates in theory and practice is a precursor to identifying the relevant rules that govern parties to hostilities. With changing forms of armed conflict which may involve multi-national operations, transnational armed groups and organized criminal gangs, the need for clarity of the law is all-important. The case studies selected for analysis are Northern Ireland, DRC, Colombia, Afghanistan (from 2001), Gaza, South Ossetia, Iraq (from 2003), Lebanon (2006), the so-called war against Al-Qaeda, and future trends. The studies explore the legal consequences of classification particularly in respect of the use of force, detention in armed conflict, and the relationship between human rights law and international humanitarian law. The practice identified in the case studies allows the final chapter to draw conclusions as to the state of the law on classification.
Book Synopsis The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law by : Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier
Download or read book The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law written by Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2013-12-12 with total page 827 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in a comprehensively updated edition, this indispensable handbook analyzes how international humanitarian law has evolved in the face of these many new challenges. Central concerns include the war on terror, new forms of armed conflict and humanitarian action, the emergence of international criminal justice, and the reshaping of fundamental rules and consensus in a multipolar world. ThePractical Guide to Humanitarian Law provides the precise meaning and content for over 200 terms such as terrorism, refugee, genocide, armed conflict, protection, peacekeeping, torture, and private military companies—words that the media has introduced into everyday conversation, yet whose legal and political meanings are often obscure. The Guide definitively explains the terms, concepts, and rules of humanitarian law in accessible and reader-friendly alphabetical entries. Written from the perspective of victims and those who provide assistance to them, the Guide outlines the dangers, spells out the law, and points the way toward dealing with violations of the law. Entries are complemented by analysis of the decisions of relevant courts; detailed bibliographic references; addresses, phone numbers, and Internet links to the organizations presented; a thematic index; and an up-to-date list of the status of ratification of more than thirty international conventions and treaties concerning humanitarian law, human rights, refugee law, and international criminal law. This unprecedented work is an invaluable reference for policy makers and opinion leaders, students, relief workers, and members of humanitarian organizations. Published in cooperation with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières.
Book Synopsis Enforcement and Implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict by : Perfecto Caparas
Download or read book Enforcement and Implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict written by Perfecto Caparas and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human rights approach could be pivotal in laying the groundwork for mainstreaming human rights discourse in society, particularly in the main arteries of traditional power organs and structures -- executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, media, and civil society, with children's voice struggling to be a focal point to influence national policy directions. This discourse would facilitate the process of cross-fertilization of local norms, customs, and traditions with international human rights law and jurisprudence, rather than delimit the discourse within progressive quarters of civil society and government. Mainstreaming human rights could help counter the marginalization of child soldiers and children belonging to classes and sectors excluded from the main social discourse as carried out in the halls of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, as well as media. In the course of developing a critical rights discourse among members of the body politic in a manner that allows for children to assume, in a way, a vanguard role in policy formulation and political decision-making, human rights could serve as a framework for dissecting, analyzing, and critiquing the children in armed conflict phenomenon and other social ills. The rights discourse helps achieve people's and children's participation, public accountability and transparency in governance. By anchoring their own social movement on human rights tenets, the children and people can demand upon and hold their own state to account in fulfilling its obligation to respect, protect and fulfill their fundamental right to holistic and integrative development whose failure ignites armed conflict. This also cultivates the ground for the children's assumption of leadership roles in the future. This is significant as the human rights paradigm as may be espoused by children in this discourse would help mold and define a human rights-based politics and governance in the future. This is why the involvement of all state and non-state actors, including the academe, in this discourse assumes a long-term significance inasmuch as government serves, supposedly, as the agency for carrying out the people's collective will and promoting the common weal. This approach helps translate the international community's rich human rights literature into the field of a people- and children-led social and political activism with human rights as both their guidepost and end goal. Who are the children who could, together with others, be at the forefront of this activism? Wounded children -- street children, child rape survivors, child laborers, child torture survivors, and child detainees -- could, among others, have a significant role to play in this children-propelled movement to address the phenomenon of children in armed conflict and other concomitant issues. Why such kids? Grassroots experiences in paralegal and human rights education among these children show the depth of wisdom and caring among them. The experiential approach characterizing such non-formal grassroots education complemented by international law -- CRC in particular -- proves to be a powerful moving force for children to aspire to achieve change in order to prevent and save other children from falling victim to similarly tragic encounters. In order to sustain this effort and gradually build a momentum for a children-propelled civil society movement among themselves, institutional support from civil society groups, concerned state and United Nations agencies, media, and community needs to be further entrenched. Agenda-setting by children themselves would help ensure that this initiative would not be diluted with and manipulated by certain vested interest groups. It is in this respect that the approach of Paulo Freire assumes importance as his radical pedagogy could preclude the left, right, and center political spectrums from exploiting them for certain self-seeking interests. Freire's approach would enable the children and the community at large to find and claim their own true voice, to fully articulate their own needs, their own ethos, and to assert their own world views and interests, as contradistinguished especially from state actors who prove themselves to be quite beholden to the dictates of international foreign creditors.
