On the issue of international legal mechanisms for the protection of children's rights during armed conflicts
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35774/app2022.03.050Keywords:
international legal mechanisms for the protection of rights, armed conflict, the right to protection, the right to safety, children’s rightsAbstract
Modern international legal mechanisms for the protection of children's rights during armed conflicts, the particularities of their application in temporarily occupied territories and the effectiveness of such protection are presented and analyzed. The causes and consequences of violations of international acts on the protection of children's rights during armed conflicts are highlighted. Ways to solve this problem are proposed, in particular, attention is focused on gaps in legislation and invalidity of agreements in practice.
Separate provisions of the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Additional Protocols to it of 1977 are considered, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989 and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Participation of Children in Armed Conflicts of 2000 are analyzed.
It was concluded that the existence of international legal acts on the protection of children's rights during armed conflicts does not guarantee their effective implementation during hostilities. In our opinion, this is due to the fact that the legislator in peacetime could not foresee the challenges and issues that would need to be regulated in wartime. Also, the parties to the armed conflict must clearly comply with their obligations regarding the protection of civilians in general, children in particular, not only under international humanitarian law, but also under the norms of general international law. The state, as the entity primarily responsible for the safety of its population, needs to increase the level of coordination and interaction regarding the needs of children during armed conflict. In armed conflict, children suffer indescribably, and this suffering will have long-lasting consequences.
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