Preface 7 -- Acknowledgements 9 -- Contents 11 -- Abbreviations 13 -- Table of Treaties and Other Selected Legal Instruments 17 -- 1. Introduction:Context, Questions and Framework -- Part 1 Law and Policy Relevant to the Training fo Officers of National Armed Forces as Regards the Treatment fo Childern at the Ourset,During,and Shortly After Situations fo Armed Conflice 19 -- 2. Part 1(A)(1)- Law and Policy:Content of Rules Relevant to Officer Training -Parameters and Basic Principles 21 -- 3. ParT 1(A)(1)-Law and Policy:Content of Rules Relevant to Officer Training Regarding Children-Child Civilians 33 -- 4. ParT 1(A)(1)-Law and Policy:Content of Rules Relevant to Officer Training Regarding Children-Child Soldiers 45 -- 5. ParT 1(A)(1)-Law and Policy:Content of General Rules Relevant to Officer Training Regarding Children-Landmines, Culpability/Command Respon- sibility, and Selected War Crimes Trials (1998-2001) 59 -- 6. ParT 1(A)(2)-Law and Policy:Obligations of Governments-Treaty Law, 'Soft Law', and the Committee on the Rights of the Child 81 -- 7. Part 1 (B)-Impact of Law and Policy:Methodology 99 -- Part 2 Practice:Training for Officers of National Armed Forces on the Treatment of Children-Country Studies and the ICRC 119 -- 8. Part 2-Introduction and Country Studies (Aategory A) 121 -- 9.pART 2-Country Studies (Category B) and the ICRC 151 -- Part 3 Summary and Recommendations 167 -- 10. Conclusion 169 Appendices 177 -- 1. Captured Child Soldiers in Non-International and in International Armed Conflict 179 -- 2. Civil-Military Cooperations:Save the Children, West Africa 187 -- 3. Charts:1)Child-Related Training Materials-Eleven Selected Countries, and 2)Summary of Comments-San Remo Institute 191 -- 4. 'Background Notes' to Country Studies-Category (A) and Category (B) 215 -- 5. Sample Training Materials 239 -- 6. Summary:Key Rules Regarding Child Civilians and Child Soldiers 263 --Bibliography 271 -- Index 289