Child Soldiers and the Defence of Duress under International Criminal Law

Windell Nortje is Associate Lecturer in the Law Faculty at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Noëlle Quénivet is Associate Professor in International Law at the Bristol Law School, University of the West of England, UK.

• 1. Chapter 1: Introduction.- 2. Chapter 2: Duress as a Defence under International Criminal Law.- 3. Chapter 3: The Application of the Requirements of Duress to Child Soldiers.- 4. Chapter 4: Limits of, and Exclusions from, the Defence of Duress.- 5. Chapter 5: Duress as an Excuse Defence for International Crimes.- 6. Chapter 6: Conclusion.