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FNs arbete mot användandet av barnsoldater Om hur barnkonventionen och R2P kan förenas

Ågren, Frida LU (2014) STVK02 20141
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This is a problematization of UN’s work on preventing child soldiers and also an analysis of the consistency between the Convention on the Right of the Child and Responsibility to Protect (R2P). I have chosen to examine the Convention on the Right of the Child because it expresses the human rights of a child, and R2P because it phrases UN’s opportunity to protect human rights in a state where those rights are being deprived. My aim for this essay has been to investigate how these documents correlate in protecting children of being used as soldiers. I discuss the responsibilities and obligations of the world society to protect children. Based on this analysis of the Convention on the Right of the Child and R2P, I argue that the ratification... (More)
This is a problematization of UN’s work on preventing child soldiers and also an analysis of the consistency between the Convention on the Right of the Child and Responsibility to Protect (R2P). I have chosen to examine the Convention on the Right of the Child because it expresses the human rights of a child, and R2P because it phrases UN’s opportunity to protect human rights in a state where those rights are being deprived. My aim for this essay has been to investigate how these documents correlate in protecting children of being used as soldiers. I discuss the responsibilities and obligations of the world society to protect children. Based on this analysis of the Convention on the Right of the Child and R2P, I argue that the ratification of the Convention on the Right of the Child can motivate an implementation of R2P to restrain the use of child soldiers. (Less)
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author
Ågren, Frida LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20141
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Child soldiers, Responsibility to protect, Convention on the Right of the Child, Human rights, UN
language
Swedish
id
4448029
date added to LUP
2014-09-17 13:30:16
date last changed
2014-09-17 13:30:16
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  abstract     = {{This is a problematization of UN’s work on preventing child soldiers and also an analysis of the consistency between the Convention on the Right of the Child and Responsibility to Protect (R2P). I have chosen to examine the Convention on the Right of the Child because it expresses the human rights of a child, and R2P because it phrases UN’s opportunity to protect human rights in a state where those rights are being deprived. My aim for this essay has been to investigate how these documents correlate in protecting children of being used as soldiers. I discuss the responsibilities and obligations of the world society to protect children. Based on this analysis of the Convention on the Right of the Child and R2P, I argue that the ratification of the Convention on the Right of the Child can motivate an implementation of R2P to restrain the use of child soldiers.}},
  author       = {{Ågren, Frida}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{FNs arbete mot användandet av barnsoldater Om hur barnkonventionen och R2P kan förenas}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}