Identifying child protection standards in the international judicial procedure

Crimes against children are of a significant importance for the international community and hence, many of the studies in the field of international criminal law during the past two decades have focused on this issue. The question that pops up in this context is that how can one evaluate child prote...

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Main Author: Jamadi, Mohammad
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Published: 2018
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Source:Lex Humana, ISSN 2175-0947, Vol. 10, Nº. 1, 2018 (Ejemplar dedicado a: JAN.-JUN.), pags. 99-122
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dialnet-ar-18-ART00014509622021-04-29Identifying child protection standards in the international judicial procedureJamadi, MohammadCrimes against children are of a significant importance for the international community and hence, many of the studies in the field of international criminal law during the past two decades have focused on this issue. The question that pops up in this context is that how can one evaluate child protection standards in the international judicial procedure? The findings of the present study indicate that crimes against children have not been paid much attention to by international courts. Several protective regulations for children have been laid, but no efficient practical measures have been taken towards punishing the committers of crimes against children. In fact, in spite of perfection of the international criminal laws of child protection, there are still faults and imperfections in practice; as an instance it can be referred to the international criminal court's procedure in dealing with sexual crimes against the children of Congo. In the former case the judges of the court did not pay any attention to any of the statements of the prosecutor, the reasons pointed to by the legal representatives of the victims, and the testimonies of the witnesses. No new accusations regarding sexual crimes were added to the list of the accusations of Lubango and the final verdict of the court was no more than a little influenced by sexual violence. It is worthy of mentioning that the present study is a descriptive research.2018text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7880937(Revista) ISSN 2175-0947Lex Humana, ISSN 2175-0947, Vol. 10, Nº. 1, 2018 (Ejemplar dedicado a: JAN.-JUN.), pags. 99-122engLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI
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Crimes against children are of a significant importance for the international community and hence, many of the studies in the field of international criminal law during the past two decades have focused on this issue. The question that pops up in this context is that how can one evaluate child protection standards in the international judicial procedure? The findings of the present study indicate that crimes against children have not been paid much attention to by international courts. Several protective regulations for children have been laid, but no efficient practical measures have been taken towards punishing the committers of crimes against children. In fact, in spite of perfection of the international criminal laws of child protection, there are still faults and imperfections in practice; as an instance it can be referred to the international criminal court's procedure in dealing with sexual crimes against the children of Congo. In the former case the judges of the court did not pay any attention to any of the statements of the prosecutor, the reasons pointed to by the legal representatives of the victims, and the testimonies of the witnesses. No new accusations regarding sexual crimes were added to the list of the accusations of Lubango and the final verdict of the court was no more than a little influenced by sexual violence. It is worthy of mentioning that the present study is a descriptive research.
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