OPBP's latest report on "Youth Associated with Non-State Armed Groups: Legal Protections and Vulnerabilities in International Law" is now published

Oxford Pro Bono Publico (OPBP) partnered with Accept International to produce a report that analyses which standards of International Human Rights Law and International Criminal Law can be used for the protection of YANSAG. 

This report seeks to assist Accept International in its short-term objective of pushing for an UN Human Rights Council Resolution on YANSAG’s rights, as well as its broader goal of establishing international norms for the rights, protection, and empowerment of YANSAG. This report examines the international legal protections available to YANSAG, which are defined as ‘individuals aged 18-35 who are or who have been recruited or used by a violent extremist or NSAG in any capacity.’

The report evaluates how key international legal frameworks apply to YANSAG, who may be part of a NSAG as victims, or voluntarily associated with a NSAG as perpetrators. The analysis draws on a broad range of international legal instruments, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR); the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT); the Convention for the Protections of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances (CED); the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR); the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD); the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the Optional Protocol to the CRC on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (OP-CRC-AC); the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD); and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute).

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