مجلة دراسات بيئية
Volume 0, Numéro 0, Pages 35-57
2021-12-12

The International Criminal Responsibility Of Child Soldiers

الكاتب : زهرة بوسراج .

الملخص

Here and there across the globe ‘’war’’ has been inevitable in human history. Most of these wars have been included children under their armies. Despite international efforts to protect children where different instruments to protect children have been enacted, Children are kidnapped and recruited into soldiering and encourage committing international crimes as child soldiering itself is a crime. In this regard this paper talks about the criminal responsibility of child soldiers under international criminal law. The crucial question which remains :are they criminally liable? To answer this question we will study different international law instruments.

الكلمات المفتاحية

Child soldiers, International Criminal Law, Criminal responsibility