Current status and prospects of the persecution of child recruiters: the Colombian case
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https://doi.org/10.18667/cienciaypoderaereo.423Keywords:
Armed Conflict, Forced Recruitment, Children and Adolescents, VictimsAbstract
The purpose of this work is to acknowledge the dispositions that would be applicable to the perpetrators of child recruitment in the Colombian armed conflict, observing (i) the dynamics of child recruitment in the country, (ii) the international law, (iii) the national law, and (iv) relevant global trends. On the basis of documentary work, it was found that the nature of the crime of child recruitment, the growing global demands on its punishment and the adoption of tough dispositions in the national legislation, clear the way for the prosecution of perpetrators. Other remarked findings are these two identified trends: (i) both in the national and the international scenes, it is widely accepted that the age of 18 (opposed to the 15 years old previous disposition) is the minimum for being protected against child recruitment; and (ii) amnesties granted within transitional justice processes are increasingly and decidedly excluding serious crimes, like child recruitment.
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