International responsibility for the actions of militant armed groups and Children’s Role in Armed Conflicts, with an emphasis on the crises of Iraq and Syria

Abstract

One of the most important questions that may arise in connection with the role of governments in wars and internal armed conflicts created by the actions of armed groups is the extent to which governments are responsible for supporting these groups.The international responsibility of governments should be distinguished from the international responsibility of militia groups themselves and the criminal responsibility of their members. The most important question of the present study is to investigate the extent of the responsibility of the governments supporting the militia groups in Iraq and Syria according to the international rules and recognizing that the children, as a vulnerable segment of society, also thrives in times of crisis and emergency, legal protection is enshrined in international instruments, mainly in human rights and humanitarian law which is the duty of governments to provide special protection to children, including the prohibition of employing and employing children in the armed forces, maintaining the physical and mental health of children, the right to security and protection from arrest and detention,family rights,educational and cultural rights, and related rights with refugee and displaced children, special and fair trial, citizenship, the prohibition of slavery, and forced labor are mandatory. Regarding the impact of the actions of militia groups such as ISIS and Al-Nusra and other terrorist groups on Iraqi and Syrian territory, it should be noted that their terrorist nature has been identified since the formation of these groups. The responsibility of the states that support these groups, although not in accordance with the laws of the International Law Commission on Government Responsibility,can be established and recognized in accordance with customary international rules