POLSC402: Global Justice

4.2: When Age Matters

• 4.2.1: Child Brides

  • UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti: "Early Marriage - Child Spouses" URL

    Read this report for an overview of the connection between child marriage and human rights.

  • Boston College Third World Law Journal: Jacqueline Mercier's "Eliminating Child Marriage in India: A Backdoor Approach to Alleviating Human Rights Violations" URL

    Read this article, which addresses child marriage in a particular cultural setting (India) and explores its human rights dimensions. The author also offers potential solutions to undermine the practice.

• 4.2.2: Child Soldiers

  • The Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Center: "The Big Dilemma of Small Soldiers" URL

    Read this article to learn about the age dilemma with respect to child soldiers as it relates to the civil war in Syria.

  • The Journal of Humanitarian Assistance: Lysanne Rivard's "Child Soldiers and Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Programs: The Universalism of Children's Rights vs. Cultural Relativism Debate" URL

    Read this article for an in-depth discussion of the challenges associated with disarming, demobilizing, and reintegrating child soldiers into society. The author explores these issues in the context of the universal versus relative human rights context, thereby providing valuable insights into how human rights from a universal or relative vantage point bear consequences for the application of human rights' norms and standards.