The Torture of Children During Armed Conflicts The ICC's Failure to Prosecute and the Negation of Children's Human Dignity /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Grover, Sonja C. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Law.; Human rights.; International humanitarian law.; International criminal law.; Criminology.; International Criminal Law.; Human Rights.; International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.

This book examines selected legal complexities of the notion of torture and the issue of the proper foundation for legally characterizing certain acts as torture, especially when children are the targeted victims of torture. ICC case law is used to highlight the International Criminal Court’s reluct...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I Introduction: Contentious issues regarding what constitutes torture
• Part II Re-examining ICC cases involving the torture of children where torture was improperly not charged: The UN designated six most grave crimes against children as torture
• Part III A consideration of ICC cases in which torture was charged: Disregarding children as the particularized targets of torture in cases where torture was charged
• Part IV Conclusion: The de-politicization/denigration of children due to the disregard of children as the particularized targets of torture.