The Role of International Law in Protection against Attacks on Children’s Education Rights in Armed Conflict

Akbariavaz, Khalil; Tehrani, Pardis Moslemzadeh

doi:10.5539/jpl.v13n3p90

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“…The researchers note that 48 schools were destroyed in Kharkiv alone (as of 2022), and pupils and students are forced to receive their education online. At the same time, educational losses continue to grow, and according to UNICEF, -the conflict in Ukraine is destroying an entire generation of children.‖ Akbariavaz and Tehrani (2020) emphasised that ensuring the educational rights of children in military conflict requires specialised international conventions, supervisory bodies and educational obligations. In this context, the work of Ukrainian educational institutions and personnel is worth noting.…”

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International Mechanisms for the Protection of Children’s Rights in Armed Conflict

2024

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The relevance of the work is determined by the need to improve the protection of children’s rights as the most vulnerable category of the population during the military conflict. The study aims to analyse the existing international mechanisms for the protection of children’s rights during the armed conflict and their effectiveness using the case of Ukraine. The work employed a doctrinal approach, the method of comparative law, a statistical method, and a content analysis. The research established that at the international level, there is an extensive system of legal documents and relationships between countries and international organisations aimed at protecting children’s rights during military conflict, but this system cannot provide the expected results. Using the case of Ukraine, it was proved that children’s rights are regularly violated in the war with Russia: 512 children were killed, and 1,158 were injured as of December 14, 2023. In Ukraine, numerous measures are taken to protect the children’s rights during the armed conflict. International cooperation plays an important role, but protective mechanisms still need significant improvement. The research results are useful in improving government measures related to protecting children’s rights in armed conflict.

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International Mechanisms for the Protection of Children’s Rights in Armed Conflict

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“…28 Child exposed to continuous violence, as in the case of child soldiering, prevents the optimum growth of an individual child to develop into a productive youth as well as contribute to the development of the society. 29 This practice, more specifically in third world countries, further impoverishes society while thwarting progress and development of the nation.…”

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Breaking the Risk of Conflict Trap: Way forward for Limiting Child Soldiers’ Phenomenon

Rasakandan,

Begum

2024

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The recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts or child soldier phenomenon has inflicted much pain and suffering to thousands of children in many countries during recent decades. This article examines the pathway to protect children from predatory recruitment as well as the prevention of those who are already recruited from becoming trapped into further violence, generically termed as ‘conflict trap.” In pursuance, the current law shall be applied as an instrument of social engineering to bring about the desired change towards the protection of child soldiers alongside the use of art and science of persuasion in promoting the ideas. Therefore, to accomplish the above desired social change, this article proposes three objectives: firstly, to explain the law in plain terms and present it as a valuable instrument designed to protect children in armed conflict situations; secondly, to enumerate the serious psycho-social impact to the mental health of the child, and the ensuing disruption of the cognitive and affective development of the child, that are often irreversible; thirdly, to present reintegration program that has transformed former child soldiers into international figures like Ishmael Beah. It is premised that these three objectives, if implemented in society, would be successful strategies in imputing the desired social change, which is to rally support for the elimination of child soldiering, thus diminishing some incentives for conflict perpetuation. Therefore, these strategies would help to prevent the recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts and in the long term will aid in the breaking away from conflict trap. As child soldiers in previous conflicts will be ready to resume fighting, limiting the impact of conflict traps becomes imperative to preserve a conflict free society.

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The Role of International Law in Protection against Attacks on Children’s Education Rights in Armed Conflict

Cited by 2 publications

References 11 publications

International Mechanisms for the Protection of Children’s Rights in Armed Conflict

International Mechanisms for the Protection of Children’s Rights in Armed Conflict

Breaking the Risk of Conflict Trap: Way forward for Limiting Child Soldiers’ Phenomenon

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