CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Pinheiro, Gabriela De Miranda |
|---|---|
| Title | Children and Youth in Organized Armed Violence: Examining the Government Response in Rio de Janeiro and Medellin |
| Summary | Rio de Janeiro is the place where I grew up and where I’ve seen major violations of human rights among young people from low-income communities. After going abroad and having professional and academic experiences in the United States and Europe respectively, I came to realize that children and youth are vulnerable everywhere in the world. I certainly knew that happened in Brazil and Latin America, but as more as I read and as more as I watched the news, I learned that children are greatly affected whenever their situation is. Israeli children, Palestinian children, Sudanese, all those from the Balkans, Brazilian and Colombian children. It happens everywhere. However, after seeing children and youth carrying guns freely in the favelas (word in Portuguese for slums) of Rio de Janeiro, I started to think what could be done to guarantee their rights and/or if there was instruments to secure their rights. After reading Professor Nsongurua Udombana’s article - on the prohibition of children’s involvement in armed conflicts and the international law, it became clear that the law was designed to protect their rights and that there are enough tools to secure that. However, there are too many obstacles to make that happen. There is no doubt that we have a long path to follow, but surely, we can pursue that to guarantee these children’s rights. Guarantee their right to life, to health and that of their own development, education and the protection of abuse and neglect. In sum, provide them a more equal and open society. |
| Supervisor | Udombana, Nsongurua J. |
| Department | Legal Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/pinheiro_gabriela.pdf |
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