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Violent Subjects: The Child of International Law in Contested Spaces and Conflict Situations
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Firing Line: War and Children’s Rights (London: Amnesty InternationalUnited Kingdom, 1999), 83.
23
The text of all reservations and interpretive declarations to the CRC is con-
tained in United Nations, Convention on the Rights of the Child,Reservations, Declarations and Objections Relating to the Convention onthe Rights of the Child, Note by the Secretary-General, UN Doc.CRC/C/2/Rev.8, December 7, 1999.
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“States Parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure that persons who
have not attained the age of fifteen years do not take a direct part in hostil-ities.” See United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Art. 38.
25
See generally Amnesty International, Sierra Leone. Childhood: A Casualty
of Conflict (August 31, 2000), <http://web.amnesty.org/library/pdf/AFR510692000ENGLISH/$File/AFR5106900.pdf>. As reported in morespecific terms, “Revolutionary United Front guerrillas committed themost unspeakable atrocities and war crimes—routinely mutilating chil-dren and raping and murdering civilians.” See David Rieff, “ThePrecarious Triumph of Human Rights,” New York Times Magazine(August 8, 1999): 39.
26
Rosen, Armies of the Young, 61.
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Celina Schoken, “The Special Court for Sierra Leone: Overview and
Recommendations,” Berkeley Journal of International Law 20 (2002): 436.
28
Michael P. Scharf, “The Special Court of Sierra Leone”, ASIL Insights
(October 2000), <http://www.asil.org/insights/insigh53.htm>. See PeaceAgreement between the Government of Sierra Leone and theRevolutionary United Front [the “Lomé Peace Agreement”], UN Doc.S/1999/777, July 12, 1999, Annex.
29
Micaela Frulli, “The Special Court for Sierra Leone: Some Preliminary
Comments,” European Journal of International Law 11 (2000): 868.
30
United Nations, Security Council, Report of the Secretary-General on the
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, UN Doc. S/1999/836, July 30,1999, Para. 18.
31
United Nations, Security Council, Report of the Secretary-General on the
Establishment of a Special Court for Sierra Leone, UN Doc. S/2000/915,October 4, 2000, Annex.
32
United Nations, Security Council, Resolution 1315, UN Doc. S.RES/1315
(2000), August 14, 2000.
33
See Henry Steiner and Philip Alston, International Human Rights inContext: Law, Politics, Morals (Oxford: Oxford UP, 2000), 1131.
34
Statute of the International Criminal Court [the “Rome Statute”], UN Doc.
A/CONF.183/9, July 17, 2002.
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Firing Line: War and Children’s Rights (London: Amnesty International
United Kingdom, 1999), 83.
23
The text of all reservations and interpretive declarations to the CRC is con-
tained in United Nations, Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Reservations, Declarations and Objections Relating to the Convention on
the Rights of the Child, Note by the Secretary-General, UN Doc.
CRC/C/2/Rev.8, December 7, 1999.
2 4
“States Parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure that persons who
have not attained the age of fifteen years do not take a direct part in hostil-
ities.” See United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Art. 38.
25
See generally Amnesty International, Sierra Leone. Childhood: A Casualty
of Conflict (August 31, 2000), <http://web.amnesty.org/library/pdf/
AFR510692000ENGLISH/$File/AFR5106900.pdf>. As reported in more
specific terms, “Revolutionary United Front guerrillas committed the
most unspeakable atrocities and war crimes—routinely mutilating chil-
dren and raping and murdering civilians.” See David Rieff, “The
Precarious Triumph of Human Rights,” New York Times Magazine
(August 8, 1999): 39.
26
Rosen, Armies of the Young, 61.
2 7
Celina Schoken, “The Special Court for Sierra Leone: Overview and
Recommendations,” Berkeley Journal of International Law 20 (2002): 436.
28
Michael P. Scharf, “The Special Court of Sierra Leone”, ASIL Insights
(October 2000), <http://www.asil.org/insights/insigh53.htm>. See Peace
Agreement between the Government of Sierra Leone and the
Revolutionary United Front [the “Lomé Peace Agreement”], UN Doc.
S/1999/777, July 12, 1999, Annex.
29
Micaela Frulli, “The Special Court for Sierra Leone: Some Preliminary
Comments,” European Journal of International Law 11 (2000): 868.
30
United Nations, Security Council, Report of the Secretary-General on the
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, UN Doc. S/1999/836, July 30,
1999, Para. 18.
31
United Nations, Security Council, Report of the Secretary-General on the
Establishment of a Special Court for Sierra Leone, UN Doc. S/2000/915,
October 4, 2000, Annex.
32
United Nations, Security Council, Resolution 1315, UN Doc. S.RES/1315
(2000), August 14, 2000.
33
See Henry Steiner and Philip Alston, International Human Rights in
Context: Law, Politics, Morals (Oxford: Oxford UP, 2000), 1131.
34
Statute of the International Criminal Court [the “Rome Statute”], UN Doc.
A/CONF.183/9, July 17, 2002.
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