Transitional Justice for Child Soldiers

Accountability and Social Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Contexts
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-44045-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3067 g

Reihe: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fisher, K.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Child Soldiering 2. The Difficult Reintegration 3. Moral and Legal Responsibility of Child Soldiers 4. The Expressive Value of Post-Atrocity Accountability 5. Accountability and Social Reconstruction 6. Trauma, Truth-Telling, and Post-Atrocity Justice 7. Accountability for Child Soldiers 8. Distinctly Girl Soldiers Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Kirsten J. Fisher is a Researcher at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa, Canada and an affiliated Research Fellow at the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights at the University of Helsinki. She is the author of Moral Accountability and International Criminal Law.