Does and should international law prohibit the prosecution of children for war crimes?

Quenivet, Noelle

Abstract

© The Author, 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of EJIL Ltd. This article investigates whether international law prohibits the prosecution of children for war crimes and, if it does not, whether it should do so. In particular, the interplay between restorative and retributive post-conflict justice mechanisms, on the one hand, and juvenile rehabilitative justice mechanisms, on the other, is discussed in detail. The article suggests that in certain, narrow, circumstances children having committed war crimes should be prosecuted.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 23, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Jul 10, 2017
• Publication Date: Jul 10, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jan 3, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 10, 2018
• Journal: European Journal of International Law
• Print ISSN: 0938-5428
• Electronic ISSN: 1464-3596
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 433-455
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/chx023
• Keywords: does, should, international, law, prohibit, prosecution, children, war, crimes
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/888497
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/chx023
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in European Journal of International Law following peer review. The version of record Quenivet, N. (2017) Does and should international law prohibit the prosecution of children for war crimes? European Journal of International Law, 28 (2). pp. 433-455. ISSN 0938-5428 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/30643 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/chx023
• Contract Date: Feb 2, 2017