Challenges of reintegrating self-demobilised child soldiers in North Kivu province: prospects for accountability and reconciliation via restorative justice peacemaking circles

Social reintegration of self-demobilised child combatants can be seriously imperilled by the lack of accountability for human rights violations allegedly carried out during their soldiering life and the failure to pursue reconciliation with their respective communities. This paper examines the circu...

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1. VerfasserIn: Kiyala, Jean Chrysostome K. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2015
In: Human rights review
Jahr: 2015, Band: 16, Heft: 2, Seiten: 99-122
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Accountability
Child soldiers
North Kivu
Reconciliation
Reintegration
Restorative Justice
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Zusammenfassung:Social reintegration of self-demobilised child combatants can be seriously imperilled by the lack of accountability for human rights violations allegedly carried out during their soldiering life and the failure to pursue reconciliation with their respective communities. This paper examines the circumstances leading young soldiers to voluntarily exit armed groups and militias and the extent to which resettling in the community can be facilitated by restorative justice mechanisms. The findings suggest a large support by war-affected communities for restorative justice peacemaking circles as potential accountability and reconciliation measures to help reintegrate self-demobilised soldiers into society. These results were obtained from interviews, focus group discussions and descriptive statistics in which 1447 respondents participated. These included young ex-soldiers, students, educators, government official, members on NGOs, traditional leaders and councils, Security Services, and the Police. The inquiry was conducted between 3 May and 17 December 2014 in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 121-122
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ISSN:1874-6306
DOI:10.1007/s12142-015-0361-7