Children's rights : a commentary on the convention on the rights of the child and its protocols / Wouter Vandenhole, Gamze Erdem Türkelli, Sara Lembrechts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vandenhole, Wouter, author.

Erdem Türkelli, Gamze, 1983- author.

Lembrechts, Sara, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar commentaries.

Elgar commentaries series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989 November 20).

Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Children's rights.

Genre:

Law commentaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xlii, 518 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

"This comprehensive Commentary presents a contemporary legal perspective on the inherently interdisciplinary field of children's rights. Chapters analyse each article of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, along with its Optional Protocols, providing contextualised information on the interpretation and implementation of the children's rights provisions therein. A detailed introduction examines the history of the Convention and places it within the wider landscape of human rights and other disciplinary approaches such as the sociology of childhood. The Commentary critically engages with the text of the Convention, exploring commonly used concepts and defining pertinent terminology. The authors draw on multiple perspectives and refer to disciplines outside of law to enrich the analysis of the articles, their interpretation and the study of children's rights as a discipline. Featuring examples of case law from regional human rights systems this Commentary provides a well-rounded insight into the status of children's rights on a global scale. Written in an accessible style, this Commentary will be a valuable reference work for students, researchers, practitioners and policymakers alike. The Commentary will be of great interest to those working within children's rights law and human rights law. Researchers in politics, sociology and international studies who are seeking further information and insight on the rights of children will also find this Commentary to be a useful point of reference"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword

Introduction: three decades of children's rights law

Article 1: Scope of application

Article 2: Non-discrimination

Article 3: Best interests of the child

Article 4: General obligation

Article 5: Appropriate direction and guidance consistent with the child's evolving capacities

Article 6: The right to life, survival and development

Article 7: Name and nationality

Article 8: Preservation of identity

Article 9: Separation from parents

Article 10: Family reunification

Article 11: Illicit transfer and non-return of children

Article 12: The views of the child

Article 13: Freedom of expression

Article 14: Freedom of thought, conscience and religion

Article 15: Freedom of association and peaceful assembly

Article 16: The right to privacy

Article 17: Access to appropriate information through media

Article 18: Common responsibilities of parents for the upbringing and development of the child

Article 19: Protection from all forms of violence

Article 20: Children deprived of their family environment

Article 21: Adoption

Article 22: Asylum seeking and refugee children

Article 23: Children with disabilities

Article 24: Right to health

Article 25: Periodic review of placement

Article 26: Social security

Article 27: Adequate standard of living

Article 28: Right to education

Article 29: Aims of education

Article 30: Rights of children from minorities and indigenous origin

Article 31: Rest, leisure and play

Article 32: Protection from economic exploitation

Article 33: Protection from drugs

Article 34: Protection from sexual exploitation and abuse

Article 35: Prevention of abduction, sale and trafficking

Article 36: Protection against all other forms of exploitation

Article 37: Deprivation of liberty, prohibition of torture, degrading and inhuman treatment and of capital punishment and life imprisonment

Article 38: Children in armed conflict

Article 39: Recovery and reintegration of child victims

Article 40: Children's rights in justice systems

Article 41: Respect for higher standards

Article 42: Dissemination

Article 43: The committee on the rights of the child

Article 44: Reporting procedure

Article 45: Implementation and international cooperation

Articles 46-54: Final clauses: Signature, ratification, accession, entry into force, amendments, reservations, denunciations

Optional protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict (OPAC)

Optional protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

Optional protocol on a communications procedure (OPIC)

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78643-313-3

9781786433138 (electronic book)