ABSTRACT The most critical challenges faced by war-affected communities where children have allegedly perpetrated atrocities include: finding transitional justice practices that address the needs of former belligerent children and those of victims and their communities; and helping to reintegrate child soldiers into society and avoid returning to hostilities. This paper demonstrates that these challenges can be overcome by taking a holistic approach to child soldiering transitional justice, which assimilates restorative justice and social justice. Such an approach simultaneously addresses child soldiers’ criminal accountability and pursues their psychosocial wellbeing. The findings are based on a selective scholarship supported by fieldwork that was conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo between May and December 2014 in North Kivu province. Data was gathered through semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and survey questionnaires based on a randomised sample of 282 participants. These included self-demobilised child soldiers, members of war-affected communities, students/learners, educators, local traditional leaders, government officials, child protection lawyers and members of non-governmental organisations.

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恢复性正义与社会正义相结合：儿童兵过渡正义的前景

摘要 受战争影响的社区面临的最严峻挑战包括据称儿童犯下暴行的社区：寻找解决前交战儿童和受害者及其社区需求的过渡时期司法实践；帮助儿童兵重新融入社会，避免重返敌对行动。本文表明，可以通过对儿童兵过渡司法采取整体方法来克服这些挑战，这种方法吸收了恢复性司法和社会正义。这种方法同时解决了儿童兵的刑事责任并追求他们的社会心理健康。调查结果基于 2014 年 5 月至 12 月在刚果民主共和国北基伍省进行的实地考察支持的选择性奖学金。数据是通过半结构化访谈、焦点小组讨论和基于 282 名参与者的随机样本的调查问卷收集的。其中包括自行复员的儿童兵、受战争影响社区成员、学生/学习者、教育工作者、当地传统领袖、政府官员、儿童保护律师和非政府组织成员。