This thesis investigates the issues of jurisdiction of the ICC on child soldiers with respect to warrncrimes potentially or actually committed by children between the age of fifteen and eighteenrnduring armed conflicts. It examines the legal frameworks governing child soldiers particularlyrnthe ICC Rome Statute and see if there exists impunity under the ICC regime. After a thoroughrnexamination on the images of child soldiers in different international human rights instruments, arncross reference is drawn to the ICC Rome Statute on its implication of exclusion of jurisdictionrnto child soldiers or jurisdictional limitation.rnThe definition of children as every person below eighteen years of age, in most of therninternational human rights instruments, is creating a misleading concept on the issues of criminalrnculpability for criminal accountability for serious violations of human rights. Most, if not allrninternational human rights instruments imagined children as innocent victims needing only legalrnand humanitarian protection. However, this imagination is implausible to all sorts of childrenrnbecause children can be classified as infants, young and adolescents where the criminalrnculpability hugely so differs.rnHence, a mechanism must be figured out for those persons between the age of fifteen andrneighteen for their criminal accountability in the ICC Rome Statute for serious human rightsrnviolations during armed conflicts. This is because children in this age group are allowed tornparticipate in armed conflicts in cases of emancipation, military schools or voluntarily in thernCRC and CRC Optional Protocol. Holding accountable for serious violations of human rights forrnpersons in this age group reinforce the reintegration, demobilization, disbarment, rehabilitation,rnand reconciliation of child soldiers into the society for normal and constructive civil life.rnThis can be realized by introducing a sort of criminal accountability suitable for these categoriesrnof persons like restorative justice, TRC and others in the normal theories of criminalrnpunishments. The punitive criminal punishments can harm children in these age groups but it isrnpossible to introduce what I call restorative responsibility in order to fight against impunity andrnbring about sustainable justice and social cohesion for lasting peace.rnIncidentally however, the issue of child soldiers and its implications are also seen in birds eyernview manner in Ethiopia though not part to the ICC Rome Statute to see other grounds where theICC can embark upon Ethiopia through the UNSC referral, ratifying State referral and otherrnmeans.rnKey Words: ICC Rome Statute, ICC, War Crimes, Jurisdictional limitation, Child Soldiers,rnMinimum Age of Criminal Responsibility, Human Rights Protection, Impunity, justice, UNSCrnreferral and Ethiopia