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War, weapons & victims : legal responses: Combatants, civilians & PoWs

Civilians, combatants, detainees and prisoners of war

UN Convention of the Rights of the Child articles 38 Children in Armed Conflicts & 39 Rehabilitation of Victims

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court “the conscripting or enlisting children under the age of 15 years or using them to participate actively in hostilities in both international and non-international armed conflicts.”

Suggested subject searches to use in SOLO to find books

Child  soldiers -  Legal   status , laws, etc;
Child soldiers (International law);

War victims -- Legal status, laws, etc;
Children (International law);

Specific subject searches to use in SOLO

Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (1949 August 12)
Prisoners of war -- Legal status, laws, etc

Many books classified under subject

War (International law)

will probably have useful chapters too.

The legal status of refugees is dealt with in another Law Library guide

For the wider context, the following Bodleian guides may be useful

Further guidance on particular aspects of IHL