Child soldiers
Subtitle: the role of children in armed conflict
By: Ilene Cohn & Guy S. Goodwin-Gill.
Contributors: Goodwin-Gill, Guy S.; Institut Henry-Dunant.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Children (International law); Child soldiers.; War victims -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Children and war.
Description: In this path-breaking study, Professor Goodwin-Gill and Dr Cohn assess the status of the Child Soldier in international law and highlight the ways in which international humanitarian law fails to provide effective protection, particularly in the internal conflicts which are the most common battlefields today.

Based upon empirical data gathered from places of conflict all over the world, the authors examine the consequences for child soldiers, their families and communities, of their participation in armed conflict. They conclude their study with practical suggestions for preventing recruitment, and call for a more coherent policy of treatment for those children who have participated in acts of violence.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-220) and index.
"A study for the Henry Dunant Institute, Geneva."