Student Number : 0007982H -
MA Dissertation -
School of Social Sciences -
Faculty of Humanities / Children fulfil various roles within armed forces including, active combat and
offering support services such as spying and domestic services. Girls make up to
40 per cent of child soldiers in some states. Although in existence, data on girl
soldiers has many gaps and tends to focus primarily on the sexual exploitation of
girls. Arguably, this undercuts the other difficulties of girl’s participation in
conflict, and reintegration into the post-conflict society.
The international community has attempted to take up the global problem of
child soldiers through various conventions yet; very few of these specifically
focus on gender-based violations against children. The dissertation examines the
international response to girl soldiers. The central hypotheses being that; girls- as
a population group- are ignored in the international human rights regime.
Furthermore, girl soldiers are disenfranchised owing to their dual identities of
being female and children. The problem is addressed by firstly, defining the
international human rights regime and its sub-regimes and secondly, showing its
inadequacies in relation to girl soldiers. Uganda is used as a case study to test the
hypothesis. Ultimately, this dissertation attempts to show that the international
community has ignored a population group that is in need of protection.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/2198 |
| Date | 02 March 2007 |
| Creators | Onu, Odilile Lindiwe Patricia |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1791734 bytes, 56409 bytes, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf |
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