La situación de los niños soldado es sin duda uno de los contextos de mayor peligrosidad dentro de la comunidad internacional. Pese a lo amplio de la regulación internacional en la materia (ya dentro del Derecho Internacional Humanitario, del Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos o del Derecho Internacional Penal), todavía encontramos cifras ciertamente alarmantes que deben ser interpretadas como un aviso para que los Estados redoblen sus esfuerzos de cara a erradicar cualquier participación de menores en los conflictos armados. Este artículo realiza un análisis sobre la normativa internacional vigente en la materia desde los Protocolos adicionales de 1977 hasta la Convención sobre Derechos del Niño y su Protocolo facultativo relativo a la participación de niños en los conflictos armados. Además, estudia la regulación presente en el Estatuto de Roma y la jurisprudenc...

The situation of child soldiers is undoubtedly one of the most dangerous contexts within the international community. Despite the broadness of international regulation in this area (International Humanitarian Law, International Human Rights Law or International Criminal Law), we still find certainly alarming figures that should be interpreted as a warning for States to redouble their efforts in order to eradicate any participation of childs in armed conflicts. This article analyses the international standards in this area from the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict. In addition, the article studies the Rome Statute and the jurisprudence of the International Criminal Court. Also, it focuses especially on the debates on the judgment on Dominic Ongwen, a former child soldier.

Introduction: Superior third facial fractures represent an important but rare pathology in the specialty of head, neck and maxillofacial surgery, and result from severe trauma. Objectives: To determine the presentation of superior third facial fractures by age, sex, causal agent and classification. Design: Observational descriptive study. Setting: Head, Neck and Maxillofacial Surgery Service, Dos de Mayo National Hospital, Lima, Peru. Participants: Patients with superior third facial fracture. Methods: Medical records data between June 1999 and May 2009 were captured. Main outcome measures: Age, sex, causing agent and classification. Results: Forty nine patients were included, Ninety pe cent were male, about two thirds (67.5%) were between 21 and 40 years old. More than half of the lesions (55%) resulted from traffic accidents and 23% from robberies; more than 40% had superior third frac...