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Children and Drug Trafficking in Brazil: Can International Humanitarian Law Provide Protections for Children Involved in Drug Trafficking?

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  • Veridiana Bessa Franciozo Diniz

    (Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, University of South Florida, Sarasota, FL 34240, USA)

  • Jody Lynn McBrien

    (School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, University of South Florida, Sarasota, FL 34240, USA)

Abstract

Brazil has seen a rise in children in narco-trafficking due to increased conflicts between factions and local law enforcement. Mainstream media and scholars tend to frame actions of these factions as organized crime, ignoring the generalized violence the communities and children experience. The aim of this study is to conduct a scoping review to consider whether or not Brazilian children involved in drug trafficking can be classified as child soldiers. Drawing from the international definition of Armed Conflict in Article 3 of the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Article 1 of the Additional Protocol II, and comparing situations of realities faced by Brazilian children involved in narco-trafficking, we argue that their reality is analogous to that of child soldiers, as defined by the Paris Principles on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict 2007; thus, going beyond the organized crime definition. In characterizing them as child soldiers, we argue for improving the children’s ability to be reintegrated into society, with the collective help of the international community.

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  • Veridiana Bessa Franciozo Diniz & Jody Lynn McBrien, 2022. "Children and Drug Trafficking in Brazil: Can International Humanitarian Law Provide Protections for Children Involved in Drug Trafficking?," Societies, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-16, December.
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    1. Jon Pedersen & Tone Sommerfelt, 2007. "Studying children in armed conflict: data production, social indicators and analysis," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 84(3), pages 251-269, December.
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