Children and Adolescents Recruited by The State and The Inter-American System
an analysis of the Vargas Areco vs. Paraguay
Abstract
This investigation aims to analyze the contributions of the Inter-American Human Rights System in the protection of the rights of child soldiers recruited by the States based on the analysis of the case Vargas Areco v. Paraguay tried by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Thus, the inductive method and the case study are applied to analyze the international corpus juris on the military recruitment of children and adolescents, from the norms of International Humanitarian Law to International Human Rights Law. In addition, the actions of the States that enlist and recruit children and adolescents in their armed forces are investigated, under the examination of the Vargas Areco case and the effect of the judgment issued by the Inter-American Court on Paraguayan legislation. It concludes by the relevance of the Vargas Areco case as a precedent capable of holding States responsible for the recruitment of children and adolescents, as well as the need for an intersection between International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law as a mechanism to protect the rights of children and adolescents who have been recruited and recruited.
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