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Global Reflections on Children’s Rights and the Law: 30 Years After the Convention on the Rights of the Child book cover

1st Edition

Global Reflections on Children’s Rights and the Law 30 Years After the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Edited By Ellen Marrus, Pamela Laufer-Ukeles Copyright 2022
302 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

302 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

302 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Thirty years after the adoption of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child, this book provides diverse perspectives from countries and regions across the globe on its implementation, critique and potential for reform. The book revolves around key issues including progress in implementing the CRC worldwide; how to include children in legal proceedings; how to uphold children’s various... Read more
 

PART I Struggles, Challenges and Successes in Implementing and Ratifying the CRC Worldwide

A. Worldwide

    1. How to Ensure Wider Implementation of the CRC
      Olga Khazova

      B. European Union
    2. The European Union and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Towards a Fully-Fledged European Union Child Rights Strategy
      Aida Kisunaite and Simone Delicati

      C. Africa
    3. 30 Years of the CRC in Africa
      Julia Sloth-Nielsen

      D.Israel
    4. Thirty Years Later: The CRC’s Influence on Israeli Law Taking Stock and Moving Forward
      Tamar Morag

      E. United States
    5. Forever Owned: Children as Possessions in the CRC
      James G. Dwyer

    6. Family Obligations and Socio-Economic Rights Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child
      Barbara Stark

      7. PART II Children’s Participation Rights & Child-Friendly Justice

    7. My Voice Must Be Heard Too: Why Children Need a Voice in Custody Hearings Ellen Marrus, Malikah Marrus, and Rifqa Sa’Aadat

    8. Child Friendly Justice: A Malleable Catalyst for the Promotion of Child and Human Rights
      Philip D. Jaffé

    9. Family Group Conferences in Child Protection: A Communitarian Implementation of Children’s Participation Rights
      Tali Gal

    10. The Unheard Voices of Young Girls at Risk
      Shiran Reichenberg

      11. PART III Children’s Civil Rights: Rights to Free Speech, Health, Religious Freedom, and Privacy

    11. Childhood, Speech and the Right to Free Speech
      Nicholas Hatzis

    12. Upholding Children’s Civil Rights as Relational Rights: The Example of Childhood Circumcision
      Pamela Laufer-Ukeles

    13. Protection of The Child’s Right to Privacy in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, The General Data Protection Regulation and the Polish Law
      Agnieszka Ogrodnik-Kalita

    14. Children’s Digital Rights: Realizing the Potential of the CRC
      Katharina Kaesling

      15. PART IV Children’s Right to Identity

    15. The Child’s Right to Know Their Biological Origin in Comparative European Law: Consequences for Parentage Law
      Gordana Kovaček Stanić

    16. Québec’s (out)law Concerning Medically Assisted Procreation: A Plea for Access to Origins
      Johanne Clouet and Valérie Costanzo

      17. PART V Protecting Children at Risk

    17. Suffering at the Hands of Caregivers: The Mandatory Duty of Caregivers to Report Child Abuse and Neglect from a South African Perspective
      Mildred Bekink

    18. The Journey from Ignorance to Acknowlegement of Child Sexual Abuse in India
      Namrata Mishra

    19. Dutch Strategies for Combating Child Poverty: A Child Rights-based Approach
      Merel Jonker, Jet Tigchelaar, Catrin Finkenauer, Kirsten Visser, and Gonneke Stevens

Biography

Ellen Marrus is the Royce Till Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center (UHLC) and founder and director of the Center for Children, Law & Policy.

Pamela Laufer-Ukeles is Professor of Law and Healthcare Administration at the Academic College of Law and Science in Hod Hasharon, Israel.

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