The human rights of children born of war: Case analyses of past and present conflicts

Historical Social Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 268-298

  Mochmann, Ingvill C ^a   Lee, Sabine ^b  

^a GESIS LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

20th century conflicts; Child soldiers; Children born of war; Children of occupation; Convention on the rights of the child; Human rights; War children

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955596307     PISSN: 01726404     EISSN: 09366784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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