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  title info:
    title: Child soldiers in armed conflict
    sub title: with special reference to Afghanistan
  name:
    name part: Qanet, Ghulam Mohammad
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author
  name:
    name part: Jan, Mohammad Naqib Eishan
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor
  name:
    name part: Areej Torla
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor
  name:
    name part: International Islamic University Malaysia
    name part: Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws
  genre: Theses, IIUM local
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: my
    date issued: 2020
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    extent: xv, 401 leaves : illustrations ; 30cm.
  abstract: This study attempts to explore the issue of child soldier recruitment and use in armed conflict in Afghanistan. For this, the researcher has established the position of international and national laws and the standards thereunder on child soldiering. The study also investigates the reasons why virtually all parties to the four-decade-long armed conflict(s) in Afghanistan have recruited and used a large number of child combatants. Along these lines, the researcher has investigated the effects of the chronic incidence of child soldiers in the armed conflict in Afghanistan and has proposed the possible measures that can be adopted to alleviate the malady. The research is doctrinal, and therefore the integrated literature review method is used, to analyse, criticise, synthesise and evaluate the legal positions in international, national and Islamic legal systems as well as to establish whether or not the claims of armed groups of strict adherences to the Islamic legal rulings are conclusive and unchallengeable. The research uses qualitative data found in legal texts, i.e. the International Treaties, the Constitution of Afghanistan, and the existing criminal and military legislations of Afghanistan, other books, articles, and media reports. The research finds that all parties to the long-lasting armed conflict in Afghanistan have systematically recruited scores of child soldiers, thereby disobeying the principles and provisions of international and local laws. Also, the research shows that the large-scale child soldiering in Afghanistan is the result of the constant presence of armed conflict, and a host of social and historical factors, in addition to cases where legal leniency can be blamed. The overall effect of child soldiering on the Afghan society is overwhelming and calls for urgent measure towards alleviation and eradication of the problem. The research recommends several measures to be followed by the Afghan government, state and non-state actors, and the intern…
  note: by Ghulam Mohammad Qanet
  note: Abstracts in English and Arabic.
  note: "A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Law." --On title page.
  note: Thesis (Ph.D)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2020.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 358-401).
  subject:
    geographic code: a-af---
  subject:
    topic: Child soldiers
    topic: Recruiting, enlistment, etc. Law and legislation
    geographic: Afghanistan
  subject:
    topic: Children and war
    topic: Law and legislation
    geographic: Afghanistan
  subject:
    topic: Humanitarian law
  classification: UB418.C45
  identifier: http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/9526
  record info:
    record content source: UIAM
    record creation date: 200305
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng