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122440
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2013.
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A Child is born. Its birth represents the duplication of human species.
It becomes a festive occasion of excitement and joy for the parents,
family members and people in the neighborhood. They pray for the
health, happiness and well-being of the new born in the words of
Shuklayajurveda:
'May you live for one hundred years
May you see one hundred autumns in their resplendent glory
May you listen to the whisper of the falling leaves of one hundred
autumns
May you minstrel to humanity
In the language of one hundred autumns'
But the fervour and joy are short-lived. No sooner the baby is out
of the protective warmth of the womb of the mother, it is subjected to a
series of vicissitudes. To start with, there is the incidence of low birth
weight (42.5 PC of children below 5 years in India are underweight
while 69 PC of such children are anaemic) compounded by vulnerability
to series of infections (diarrhoea, dysentery, whooping cough, tetanus,
measles, diphtheria, TB, pleurisy, bronchitis, bronchial asthma and so
on). As the child learns to begin with the first step in the long journey
of life, it falters and falls. Every moment of its evolution and growth
also becomes a moment of accidents which cause injury and, therefore,
anxiety and concern. The pangs of death invade the scene as
unpredictably as the joy of birth.
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ID:
164344
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ID:
099002
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2010.
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There is considerable disagreement among governments, civil society groups and scholars as to whether the prosecution of child soldiers who have committed war crimes is ever appropriate. In one camp are those who argue that child soldiers should always be considered as victims, and that prosecutions are necessarily at odds with rehabilitation and reintegration efforts. On the other side of the debate are those who maintain that the prosecution of the worst child offenders - those who have occupied command positions in armed forces, and carried out particularly egregious crimes - can help to end impunity for war criminals and bring a degree of solace to the victims of their brutal assaults. This article considers the different approaches to criminal responsibility for minors in domestic legal systems and under international law, and concludes that the prosecution of child soldiers should only be pursued in exceptional circumstances.
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