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Atrocity crimes, children and international criminal courts : killing childhood / Cécile Aptel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aptel, Cécile, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International crimes.
- Children (International law).
- Children--Crimes against.
- Children.
- International criminal courts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 275 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
- Biography/History:
- Dr Cécile Aptel is an international legal practitioner recognised for her expertise in international criminal justice, international humanitarian law, human rights and child rights. She has over 20 years of experience in international affairs, working for several UN entities, think-tanks and NGOs, at headquarters and in Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans. She currently is the deputy director of UNIDIR, a UN think-tank on disarmament and security, and was until 2019, director and acting under-secretary general at the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent. Previously, she led the creation of the UN Mechanism on Syria and contributed to establishing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, the Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina and, earlier, the UN international tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. She is professor of practice at the Fletcher School, Tufts University, visiting scientist at Harvard University and visiting professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute and Geneva Academy.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The legal protection of children under international law
- International Courts and Child Specific Crimes
- International Courts and Children Victims of Generic Atrocity Crimes
- International Courts and Children involved in international crimes
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 05, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Aptel, Cécile. Atrocity crimes, children and international criminal courts
- ISBN:
- 9781003361015
- 1003361013
- 9781000862874
- 1000862879
- 9781000862829
- 1000862828
- Publisher Number:
- 40031732242
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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