Child Perpetrators on Trial

Child Perpetrators on Trial

by Jastine C. Barrett
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 31/10/2019

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Following a devastating genocide in 1994, the Rwandan government elected to hold all perpetrators accountable - including children. Thousands of children were held in prisons while awaiting charges; some were later convicted. This book is about these children. Drawing on interviews and extensive archival research in Rwanda, it documents their journey through prisons, formal courts, gacaca proceedings or re-education centres. Its insights extend beyond Rwanda, looking at how international law protects children accused of even the most serious atrocities. The book is about law in action, and how states, and international organisations, operationalise international standards on child perpetrators in challenging post-conflict conditions. Engaging with theories from international law, international relations and anthropology, it illuminates strategies utilised by UNICEF to promote the rights of alleged child génocidaires and traces UNICEF's positive influence on their protection. It makes the case for principled pragmatism as an approach to human rights promotion in post-conflict societies.

ISBN:
9781108750295
9781108750295
Category:
Human rights
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
31-10-2019
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press

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