: Sonja C. Grover
: Prosecuting International Crimes and Human Rights Abuses Committed Against Children Leading International Court Cases
: Springer-Verlag
: 9783642005183
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: Internationales Recht, Ausländisches Recht
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This casebook addresses selected precedent-setting rulings of various international human rights and international criminal courts with a focus on the child victims of international crimes and human rights abuses. The cases are analysed from the children's human rights perspective and the question is examined as to what extent the aforementioned courts are according these children justice. The scope of the book is thus limited to the consideration of these representative important cases concerning violations of (a) international human rights and humanitarian law and (b) international criminal law involving child victims and the judicial remedies accorded or denied these victims and their family members. This is not in any way to diminish the suffering and importance of the adult victims of violations of fundamental human rights and grave international crimes. Rather, the book is intended to deal with the restricted and largely neglected topic of to what extent international courts are attending to the implications of there being child victims with respect to the courts' addressing and handling of, among other matters, the following: (a) the con?rmation of charges relating to child-speci?c international crimes (i. e. recruitment of child soldiers, forced child marriage etc.

Sonja C. Grover, Ph.D., is a Professor with Lakehead University, Canada. She has authored 7 books and over 80 refereed articles; over 60 on the topic of human rights published in leading international human rights and law journals, has presented numerous international conference papers and published book chapters in this field. She has also written several books on children's human rights including, 'Children's Human Rights: Challenging Global Barriers to the Child Liberation Movement' (2007); 'The Child's Right to Legal Standing' (2008) and a major reference book, 'Prosecuting International Crimes and Human Rights Abuses Committed Against Children: Leading International Court Cases' (2009).
Dedication4
Preface5
Acknowledgement9
Contents10
Part I An Introduction to the Organizational Structure, Enabling Statutesor Conventions, Case Processing Procedure, and Jurisdiction of the International Courts25
The Inter-American Human Rights System26
European International Human Rights Court System59
The International Ad Hoc Criminal Courts of Rwanda and the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia77
The Special Court of Sierra Leone91
The International Criminal Court101
Part II The International Human Rights Courts117
Inter-American Court of Human Rights118
European Court of Human Rights189
Part III The International Ad Hoc Criminal Courts301
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda302
International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Former Yugoslavia Since 1991340
Part IV The International Hybrid Criminal Courts369
The Special Court for Sierra Leona370
The Special Court for Sierra Leona, Case 8: Prosecutor v. Brima, Kamara and Kanu462
Part V The International Criminal Court (The Hague)492
Case 9: The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo ( Democratic Republic of the Congo)493
Part VI Documents611
American Convention on Human Rights612
American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man637
Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights646
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, “ Protocol of San Salvador”655
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty665
Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture667
Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women “ Convention of Belem do Para”674
Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities682
Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons689
Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws Concerning the Adoption of Minors696
Statute of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights703
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms713
European Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions Concerning Custody of Children and on Restoration of Custody of Children745
European Convention on the Adoption of Children757
European Convention on the Exercise of Children’s Rights766
European Convention on the Legal Status of Children Born out of Wedlock776
European Convention on Nationality781
Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda794
Updated Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia808
Statute of the Special Court for Sierra Leone863
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court873
Elements of Crimes950
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child998
Cape Town Principles and Best Practice on the Prevention of Recruitment of Children into the Armed Forces and Demobilizationand Social Integration of Child Soldiers in Africa1015
Convention on the Rights of the Child1023
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict1045
The Paris Principles1051
The Paris Commitments to Protect Children from Unlawful Recruitment or Use by Armed Forces or Armed Groups1100
United Nations Resolution 1820 (2008): S/ RES/ 1820 ( 2008)1104
Brussels Principles Against Impunity and for International Justice1109
About the Author1122
Index1123