Comparing The Juvenile Justice System: The Accused Of Genocide

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Most domestic jurisdictions have a juvenile justice system in place to prosecute children. For instance, in 2000, the DRC executed a fourteen year-old child soldier and, in 2001, another four aged between fourteen and sixteen were condemned to death. Another interesting case is the situation in Rwanda, where children were accused of committing genocide.82. Recently, in the DRC a fifteen year-old was accused of rape. In 2002, two former child soldiers 14 and 16 years were accused of treason in Uganda. In the USA, Omar Khadr a Canadian citizen, who was accused of murder by U.S in 1995. when he was 15.87. After 13 years of illegal detention, he was

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