SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2012, para. 79
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International and national courts should continue to investigate, prosecute and sentence perpetrators of the crime of recruitment and use of children. Courts are encouraged to use and build on the jurisprudence arising from the judgement handed down by the International Criminal Court in the Lubanga case and to be guided by the Court’s legal interpretations of the terms “conscription and enlistment of children” and “using them to participate actively in hostilities”.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict