The Persecution of Children as a Crime Against Humanity

This book addresses age-based persecution of children as a crime against humanity in connection with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes (persecution - with some variation in the elements of the crime - is an existing offence under the Rome Statute of the permanent International Criminal Court, the statutes of various international criminal tribunals i.e. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and under the statutes of other international criminal courts (i.e. the Special Court of Sierra Leone)). The book introduces a completely original concept in international criminal law, however, in discussing age-based persecution of children as an international crime against humanity where (i) the particular discrete child collective is targeted 'as such' for international atrocity crimes or (ii) individual children are targeted based on their age-based group identity as it intersects with other perpetrator targeted characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, religion etc.

Fills a gap in the scholarly legal literature with regard to the international crime of age-based persecution of children as a crime against humanity Applies the legal theory/reasoning analyzed in the book in the context of the discussion of various international criminal court cases Aimed at international criminal law postgraduates, researchers, academics and practitioners

Autorentext
Dr. Sonja Grover is a Full Professor with the Faculty of Education, Lakehead University in Canada who has published extensively in the area of international law

Inhalt

1 Introduction.- 2 International Atrocity Crimes Targeting Children and Lacunae in Charging Under International Criminal Law.- 3 Age-Based Persecution Targeting Children.- 4 The Persecution of Children in Connection with Genocide.- 5 The Persecution of Children 'In Connection With' Crimes Against Humanity.- 6 The Persecution of Children 'In Connection With' War Crimes: Selected Exemplars.- 7 Concluding Remarks: The Persecution of Children as a Rome Statute Prosecutable Crime Against Humanity.