@article{ref1,
title="The post-conflict treatment of child soldiers: A study of Liberian child soldiers",
journal="East African journal of peace and human rights",
year="2007",
author="Shorr, L.",
volume="13",
number="1",
pages="1-29",
abstract="The phenomenon of child soldiers has historically been addressed byinternational instruments and institutions with a uniformly preventative stance.Such a universalist approach has mainly defined child soldiers by age andapplied an unvarying standard of prevention in response to every occurrenceof child soldiering. This article takes issue with this universalism as neitherdeterring the use of children in conflict nor providing appropriate post-conflictreintegration of child soldiers. The article instead provides a critical pluralistapproach to the post-conflict treatment of child soldiers. In particular, thediscussion focuses on the potential options for handling former Liberian childcombatants who fought in the Liberian civil war. The case of Liberia posesan opportunity to institutionalize the first active juvenile chamber for theprosecution and rehabilitation of former child soldiers. Such achamber-modeled after the framework set forth by former United NationsSecretary-General Kofi Annan in response in Sierra Leone-would incorporateprinciples of Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) toencourage both domestic political transition and a changed understanding ofwhat is a child soldier and what constitutes their appropriate post-conflicttreatment.    East African Journal of Peace and Human rights   Vol. 13 (1) 2007: pp. 1-29<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1021-8858",
doi="10.4314/eajphr.v13i1.39341",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/eajphr.v13i1.39341"
}