Essays about: "Elin Hedkvist"

Found 1 essay containing the words Elin Hedkvist.

  1. 1. Girls and Boys at War : Child Soldiers in International Law

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Akademin för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete

    Author : Elin Hedkvist; [2010]
    Keywords : Child Soldiers; Human Rights; International Criminal Court; Special Court for Sierra Leone;

    Abstract : The recruitment, enlistment and use of children younger than fifteen to participate actively in hostilities is prohibited in customary international law as well as in several international legal instruments. The use of child soldiers is, despite of the prohibition, a widespread phenomenon with 300 000 as the estimated number of child soldiers in national armies as well as in various rebel and insurgent groups in the world today. READ MORE