Beyond the Battlefield: Child Soldiers in Armed Conflicts. Advancing Solutions for Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration in Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Iraq.

This aim of this thesis is to advance solutions for prevention, rehabilitation and reintegration of child soldiers in Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Iraq. For this reason I will examine the international framework regarding child soldiers and its implementation in Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Iraq. I will also study the causes leading to child recruitment as well as the impacts to better develop solutions for the prevention, rehabilitation and reintegration of child soldiers. I will then, analyze the proposed solutions at the international level and see the effectiveness of their implementation and the challenges encountered in Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Iraq. To continue, I will examine the treatment of child soldiers in the justice systems at the international and national level to analyze the violations child soldiers might face. Finally, I will analyze the content of the first three chapters in my last chapter to advance solutions for the prevention, rehabilitation and reintegration of child soldiers in Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Iraq.