Innocenti Insights Enfants et commissions vérité Published: 2011 Innocenti Insights L’obligation de poursuivre et de punir les crimes graves stipulée dans le droit international et la volonté d’apporter réparation aux victimes ont conduit à l’élaboration d’approches de justice transitionnelle destinées à sanctionner la violence de masse ou les abus systématiques. Jusqu’à récemment, les violations à l’encontre des enfants n’étaient pas distinguées de la masse d’atrocités commises contre les populations civiles en général. Les commissions vérité constituent l’un des moyens pour commencer à réparer les torts faits aux enfants, aux familles et aux communautés pendant un conflit armé. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 118 | Thematic area: Conflict and Displacement, Juvenile Justice, Rights of the Child | Tags: abduction, children in emergency situations, conflict resolution, conflicts, rights of children in armed conflicts, transitional justice, unaccompanied refugee children, war crimes × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION 2011 Enfants et commissions vérité. , pp. 118.
Innocenti Publications Children and Truth Commissions Published: 2010 Innocenti Publications Children are often brutally targeted in modern warfare. Accountability mechanisms have begun to focus on crimes committed against children during armed conflict and to involve children proactively, including through testimony that bears witness to their experiences. But if children are to engage in transitional justice processes, their rights must be respected. This publication is intended to inform the work of truth commissions, child protection advocates and organizations, legal experts and other professionals in efforts to protect the rights of children involved in truth and reconciliation processes. It includes an analysis of emerging good practices and recommends policies and procedures for children’s participation in truth commissions. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 90 | Thematic area: Children's Participation, Conflict and Displacement, Juvenile Justice, Rights of the Child | Tags: abduction, children in armed conflicts, children in emergency situations, conflicts, rights of children in armed conflicts, rights of the child, transitional justice × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION 2010 Children and Truth Commissions. , pp. 90.
Innocenti Working Papers Children and Accountability for International Crimes: The contribution of international criminal courts AUTHOR(S) Cecile Aptel Published: 2010 Innocenti Working Papers This paper analyses the extent to which international and ‘mixed’ or ‘hybrid’ criminal courts, in particular the International Criminal Court (ICC), have focused on crimes against children and dealt with children as victims, witnesses and potential offenders. The paper underlines the major role played recently by international courts, notably the Special Court for Sierra Leone, followed by the ICC, in criminalizing as war crimes the conscription or enlistment of children and their use to participate actively in hostilities. The Special Court was the first to hand down convictions for these crimes. The first cases before the ICC also concern the unlawful recruitment of children for their use in hostilities, bringing these crimes to the fore. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 50 | Thematic area: Child Protection, Conflict and Displacement, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Juvenile Justice, Rights of the Child | Tags: children in armed conflicts, children's rights, crimes against humanity, criminal responsibility, rights of children in armed conflicts, transitional justice × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Cecile Aptel 2010 Children and Accountability for International Crimes: The contribution of international criminal courts. , pp. 50.
Innocenti Working Papers Genetic Tracing, Disappeared Children and Justice AUTHOR(S) Michele Harvey-Blankenship; Phuong N. Pham; Rachel Shigekane Published: 2010 Innocenti Working Papers The last several decades have witnessed a dramatic change in the methods of warfare. Civilians are now increasingly targets of violence, not just mere victims of collateral damage. Among civilians targeted, children and youth are subject to acts of violence, including enforced disappearances and enforced conscription. Children have been forcibly disappeared and forcibly conscripted in many countries including Argentina, El Salvador and northern Uganda. This paper focuses on the use or potential use of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or genetic testing to identify disappeared children (otherwise referred to as genetic tracing) in Argentina, El Salvador and northern Uganda and on how this evidence may be used to achieve justice. Identification of the disappeared, family reunification, support for the disappeared and redress for families of the disappeared have been identified as crucial to achieving justice in the wake of mass atrocities. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 34 | Thematic area: Juvenile Justice | Tags: child soldiers, disappearance, family reunification, family tracing, right to care and protection, right to family reunification, rights of children in armed conflicts × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Michele Harvey-Blankenship; Phuong N. Pham; Rachel Shigekane 2010 Genetic Tracing, Disappeared Children and Justice. , pp. 34.