INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN DURING INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICTS

Abstract

Children have become one of the most vulnerable classes to harm، especially life risks، in light of the anxious security conditions and the processes of internal armed conflict. Perhaps one of the most dangerous circumstances is the lack of respect for the principles of international humanitarian law، which provided protective rules for civilians and civilian objects during armed conflicts، and by virtue of the physical and mental nature of children has become These people need special protection rules for them. In fact، that protection was codified in the four Geneva Conventions of 1949، the two Additional Protocols of 1977، the Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989 and the Optional Protocol attached to it for the year 2000. Inflicting harm on children، and remedial protection that focuses on reparation for the damage inflicted on them as a result of those conflicts، and the decisions issued by international organizations have also contributed to strengthening these rules and arranging the rules of international responsibility for violating these provisions. Keywords: International Protection, Internal Armed Conflicts