The International Criminal Court effectiveness in Protecting Child Soldiers from Recruitment during Armed Conflicts

Abstract

The international community pays great attention to the issue of protecting children during armed conflicts due to the widespread phenomenon of their use during various witnessed wars.

On this basis, the international humanitarian law guarantees protection for children during armed conflicts because it is a violation of its provisions and rules.

For this purpose, the ICC was established in order to implement the rules of international humanitarian law in general, and the rules for the protection of children during armed conflicts in particular, in the absence of effective organs to protect them.

Through this research paper, we seek to identify the role played by the International Criminal Court in suppressing the recruitment of children during armed conflicts and the extent of its effectiveness in achieving this goal.

The study concluded that the International Criminal Court has a major role in suppressing the recruitment of children during armed conflicts, but it encounters several obstacles and difficulties that appear through the application.