Research handbook on child soldiers / edited by, Mark A. Drumbl, Jastine C. Barrett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Drumbl, Mark A., editor.

Barrett, Jastine C., editor.

Series:

Research handbooks in international law.

Research handbooks in international law series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child soldiers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (576 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

"Although child soldiers have received considerable media and policy attention, they remain poorly understood and inadequately protected. This Research Handbook addresses this troubling gap by offering a reflective and nuanced review of the complex issue of child soldiering, Containing original contributions from leading experts in many disciplines working across six continents, this comprehensive Handbook showcases diverse experiences and unique perspectives. The Handbook unpacks the life-cycle of youth and militarization: from recruitment, to demobilization, and return to civilian life. Challenging prevailing assumptions and conceptions, this uplifting Handbook focuses on the child soldier's capacity to cope with adversity. In so doing, it emphasizes the resilience, humanity and potential of children affected - rather than 'afflicted' - by armed conflict. The Research Handbook on Child Soldiers will be of interest to academics, practitioners and activists alike, with its extensive incorporation of cutting-edge fieldwork and the voices of the children themselves. Promoting equity between generations, this Handbook will also appeal to individuals from many walks of life who are concerned with the rights of the child in times of conflict, peace, and the in-between"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface

Introduction / Mark A. Drumbl and Jastine C. Barrett

Part I: The concept and construction of the child soldier

1. In search of the lost kingdom of childhood / Mohamed Kamara

2. Challenges for the protection of child victims of recruitment and use in an era of complex armed conflicts: The Colombian case / Ana María Jiménez

3. The construction of gender in child soldiering in the special court for Sierra Leone / Valerie Oosterveld

4. 'We were controlled, we were not allowed to express our sexuality, our intimacy was suppressed': Sexual violence experienced by boys / Omer Aijazi, Evelyn Amony and Erin Baines

5. Getting Tambo out of limbo: Exploring alternative legal frameworks that are more sensitive to the agency of children and young people in armed conflict / Karl Hanson and Christelle Molima

6. This is belonging: Children and British military recruitment / Rhys Crilley

Part II: Conduct: Agency, capacity and resilience

7. Child soldiers in historical and comparative perspective: Creating a space for data-driven analysis / David M. Rosen

8. The voiceless child soldiers of Afghanistan / Anicée Van Engeland

9. Weaponizing the weak: The role of children in terrorist groups / Mia Bloom

10. Retracing the journey of child soldiers and looking for the path to return them home: A report from southern Philippines / David N. Almarez, Ajree D. Malawani, Sittie Akima A. Ali, Princess Mae S. Chua and Primitivo C. Ragandang III

11. Children born of conflict-related sexual violence within armed groups - a case study of northern Uganda / Myriam Denov

12. Social reintegration following armed conflict in northern Uganda: How former child soldier young mothers use symbolic tools / Fiona Shanahan and Angela Veale

Part III: Encounters with the law

13. The regional African legal framework on children: A template for more robust action on children and armed conflict? / Godfrey Odongo

14. Minors and miners: Accountability beyond child soldiering in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Sharanjeet Parmar and Yann Lebrat

15. Crimes committed by child soldiers: An argument for coherence / Nikila Kaushik and Steven Freeland

16. Child soldiers in international courtrooms: Unqualified perpetrators, erratic witnesses and irreparable victims? / Barbora Holá and Thijs B. Bouwknegt

17. Dominic Ongwen on trial: Problematizing definitional boundaries and exploring the possibilities of socialization / Carse Ramos

18. Child soldiers and asylum - duality or dilemma? / Joseph Rikhof

Part IV: Afterworld(s)/afterwards: Transitional justice and beyond

19. Navigating the mystical: Child soldiers and reintegration rituals in northern Uganda / Jastine C. Barrett

20. Child agency and resistance to discourses within the Paris principles in rehabilitation and reintegration processes of former child soldiers in northern Uganda / Grace Akello

21. Children associated with Boko Haram: Disassociation, protection, accountability and reintegration / Stuart Casey-Maslen

22. Do no harm: How reintegration programmes for former child soldiers can cause unintended harm / Michael G. Wessells

23. How to find the 'hidden' girl soldier? Two sets of suggestions arising from Liberia / Leena Vastapuu

Epilogue / Nesam McMillan

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78811-448-5