Child soldier, International Public Law and United Nations

Child soldiers’ recruitment is an ongoing problem that keeps the entire international community on edge. For this reason, the present work exposed which are the main instruments of Public International Law that are intended to protect children prohibiting their participation in armed conflicts. In t...

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Autor principal: Guzmán, María Florencia
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://perspectivasrcs.unr.edu.ar/index.php/PRCS/article/view/159
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Sumario:Child soldiers’ recruitment is an ongoing problem that keeps the entire international community on edge. For this reason, the present work exposed which are the main instruments of Public International Law that are intended to protect children prohibiting their participation in armed conflicts. In turn, a description is made of the role played by both the United Nations and UNICEF in order to curb this problem. In order to exemplify this situation, the cases of Syria, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo were used. Then, it invites to debate what should be the way followed by both the United Nations and the Instruments of Public International Law to put an end to this problem.