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Child Soldiery as a Tool of Modern Warfare(?): the Role of Child Soldiers in “New Wars”

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dc.creator Dóra SZIJJ
dc.date 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.identifier 1214-6463
dc.identifier 1802-7199
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/b036dd46c0a642b68f14e033891aa787
dc.description The hardly-known but regrettably prevalent phenomenon of child soldiery, which can be considered as a new development of modern warfare, might affect approximately 250,000 – 300,000 children worldwide. According to the estimates, 40% of our planet’s armed forces or armed groups deploy “child combatants” for different tasks, while the international community is still struggling against this form of the abuse of children. The global nature of child soldiery raises many questions in many fields, because it has deep political, social, economic, military, environmental, ethnic and religious etc. roots and far reaching consequences in the so-called Third World. Moreover, if we focus on the African peacekeeping missions of the European Union, child soldiery might also have indirect impacts on the European community. The aim of this study is to offer a comprehensive approach in connection with child soldiery, and pointing out the links between the post-colonial conflicts and this form of human rights breaches.
dc.language Czech
dc.language Slovak
dc.language English
dc.publisher University of Defence
dc.relation http://www.defenceandstrategy.eu/cs/aktualni-cislo-2-2010/clanky/child-soldiery-as-a-tool-of-modern-warfare-the-role-of-child-soldiers-in-8220-new-wars-8221.html
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1214-6463
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1802-7199
dc.source Obrana a Strategie , Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 89-100 (2010)
dc.subject Child soldiers
dc.subject new wars
dc.subject post-colonial conflicts
dc.subject commodification of children
dc.subject human rights breaches.
dc.subject Military Science
dc.subject U
dc.subject DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.title Child Soldiery as a Tool of Modern Warfare(?): the Role of Child Soldiers in “New Wars”
dc.type article
dc.provenance Journal Licence: CC BY-ND


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