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Violations against the six grave violations of children’s rights in armed conflict and the right to reparation - An analysis of the judicial development of the right to reparation by the ICC

Engfelt Telhag, Emma LU (2022) LAGF03 20222
Department of Law
Faculty of Law
Abstract
Children’s rights have consistently been abused during armed conflicts. There have been more than 266,000 grave violations against children’s rights be-tween 2005 and 2020, even though the real number probably is higher. The UN has identified six grave violations against children’s right during armed conflict. The thesis aims to highlight how the reparation for violation of the six grave violations against children’s rights during armed conflicts has de-veloped with the ICC cases the Prosecutor v. Lubanga and the Prosecutor v. Ntaganda. The thesis uses the legal dogmatic method and an international and critical perspective. The material used is a mix of cases from the ICC, treaties and resolutions, literature from researchers with legal... (More)
Children’s rights have consistently been abused during armed conflicts. There have been more than 266,000 grave violations against children’s rights be-tween 2005 and 2020, even though the real number probably is higher. The UN has identified six grave violations against children’s right during armed conflict. The thesis aims to highlight how the reparation for violation of the six grave violations against children’s rights during armed conflicts has de-veloped with the ICC cases the Prosecutor v. Lubanga and the Prosecutor v. Ntaganda. The thesis uses the legal dogmatic method and an international and critical perspective. The material used is a mix of cases from the ICC, treaties and resolutions, literature from researchers with legal expertise in the field as well as various reports that are ICC or UN related.

The thesis covers how the ICC is reasoning regarding the reparation mecha-nism. ICC have a broad long-term perspective and highlights the importance of a flexible and included reparation mechanism with an individual perspec-tive. The Court also separates the reparation mechanism for children and in-cludes additional factors to take into consideration when deciding the appro-priate reparation mechanism for child victims.

The thesis concludes that the two cases from ICC contributes to developing the reparation mechanism when violations of the six grave violations against children’s rights during armed conflicts occur. The Court gives the individual victim rights and stresses the importance of finding appropriate reparation mechanisms for each situation, which might vary from situation to situation. The Court also takes on a special child perspective. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Barns rättigheter har konsekvent missbrukats under väpnade konflikter. Det har skett mer än 266 000 allvarliga kränkningar av barns rättigheter mellan 2005 och 2020, även om det verkliga antalet förmodligen är högre. FN har identifierat sex allvarliga kränkningar av barns rättigheter vid väpnade konflik-ter. Avhandlingen syftar till att belysa hur upprättelse för kränkningar av de sex allvarliga kränkningarna av barns rättigheter vid väpnade konflikter har utvecklats med ICC-fallen, åklagaren vs. Lubanga och åklagaren vs. Nta-ganda. Avhandlingen använder den rättsdogmatiska metoden och ett internat-ionellt och kritiskt perspektiv. Materialet som används är en blandning av fall från ICC, fördrag och resolutioner, litteratur från forskare... (More)
Barns rättigheter har konsekvent missbrukats under väpnade konflikter. Det har skett mer än 266 000 allvarliga kränkningar av barns rättigheter mellan 2005 och 2020, även om det verkliga antalet förmodligen är högre. FN har identifierat sex allvarliga kränkningar av barns rättigheter vid väpnade konflik-ter. Avhandlingen syftar till att belysa hur upprättelse för kränkningar av de sex allvarliga kränkningarna av barns rättigheter vid väpnade konflikter har utvecklats med ICC-fallen, åklagaren vs. Lubanga och åklagaren vs. Nta-ganda. Avhandlingen använder den rättsdogmatiska metoden och ett internat-ionellt och kritiskt perspektiv. Materialet som används är en blandning av fall från ICC, fördrag och resolutioner, litteratur från forskare med juridisk exper-tis inom området samt olika rapporter som är ICC- eller FN-relaterade.

Avhandlingen tar upp hur ICC resonerar angående reparationsmekanismen. ICC har ett brett långsiktigt perspektiv och lyfter fram vikten av en flexibel och inkluderande skadeståndsmekanism med ett individuellt perspektiv. Dom-stolen separerar också skadeståndsmekanismen för barn och inkluderar ytter-ligare faktorer att ta hänsyn till när man beslutar om lämplig skadeståndsmek-anism för barn som är offer.

Avhandlingen drar slutsatsen att de två fallen från ICC bidrar till att utveckla skadeståndsmekanismen när kränkningar av de sex allvarliga kränkningarna av barns rättigheter vid väpnade konflikter inträffar. Domstolen ger det indivi-duella offret rättigheter och betonar vikten av att hitta lämpliga skadestånds-mekanismer för varje situation, som kan variera från situation till situation. Domstolen har också ett särskilt barnperspektiv. (Less)
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Engfelt Telhag, Emma LU
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LAGF03 20222
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
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Armed conflict, ICC, public international law, reparation, six grave violations against children
language
English
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9104910
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  abstract     = {{Children’s rights have consistently been abused during armed conflicts. There have been more than 266,000 grave violations against children’s rights be-tween 2005 and 2020, even though the real number probably is higher. The UN has identified six grave violations against children’s right during armed conflict. The thesis aims to highlight how the reparation for violation of the six grave violations against children’s rights during armed conflicts has de-veloped with the ICC cases the Prosecutor v. Lubanga and the Prosecutor v. Ntaganda. The thesis uses the legal dogmatic method and an international and critical perspective. The material used is a mix of cases from the ICC, treaties and resolutions, literature from researchers with legal expertise in the field as well as various reports that are ICC or UN related.

The thesis covers how the ICC is reasoning regarding the reparation mecha-nism. ICC have a broad long-term perspective and highlights the importance of a flexible and included reparation mechanism with an individual perspec-tive. The Court also separates the reparation mechanism for children and in-cludes additional factors to take into consideration when deciding the appro-priate reparation mechanism for child victims. 

The thesis concludes that the two cases from ICC contributes to developing the reparation mechanism when violations of the six grave violations against children’s rights during armed conflicts occur. The Court gives the individual victim rights and stresses the importance of finding appropriate reparation mechanisms for each situation, which might vary from situation to situation. The Court also takes on a special child perspective.}},
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  title        = {{Violations against the six grave violations of children’s rights in armed conflict and the right to reparation - An analysis of the judicial development of the right to reparation by the ICC}},
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