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Introduction to the mainstreaming of child protection in international criminal law
Ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals and Child Protection
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Elements of Crimes under the Rome Statute
Child Protection and the Office of the Prosecutor
Child Protection and the Bench of the ICC
Child Witnesses
International crimes against child civilians
Offences that are dependent on the age of the victim:
Genocide: the forcible transfer of children from one group to another
Crimes against humanity: enslavement
Offences that are not dependent on the age of the victim:
Child victims of sexual offences
Child victim of general offences
International crimes against child soldiers
International Humanitarian Law and the Prohibition of Child Soldiering
Conflict classification and the prohibition of child soldiering
The enlistment of children
The conscription of children
The use of children
The emerging jurisprudence on child soldiering
The legal liability of children for international crimes
The 'active agent' versus 'passive victim' debate
Age of criminal capacity
Adult perpetrators who were child soldiers:
Legal liability during municipal prosecutions for international crimes
Procedural safeguards
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