The landmark rulings of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the rights of the child : protecting the most vulnerable at the edge / by Monica Feria Tinta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feria Tinta, Mónica, 1966-

Series:

International Studies in Human Rights 96.

International studies in human rights ; vol. 96

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inter-American Court of Human Rights--Rules and practice.

Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

Children's rights--America.

Children's rights.

Children--Legal status, laws, etc--America.

Children.

Children's rights--America--Cases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (696 p.)

Other Title:

Landmark rulings of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the rights of the child

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first comprehensive treatment of the topic of the Rights of the Child as reflected in the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. It reviews all decisions of the Inter-American Court relating to the Rights of the Child and analyses the principles held therein making them available to practitioners, academics and students of this area of the law.

Contents:

Protecting the right to life of at-risk children : the street children case

Children as true legal persons

The first international law cases concerning the protection of children in times of war in the world

The right to nationality and to equal protection : the Yean and Bosico children case

Consolidating principles on the protection of children in internal armed conflicts : the case of the massacre of Mapiripan and the case of the massacres of Ituango vs. Colombia

The protection of children of indigenous peoples : the case of the Sawhoyamaxa indigenous community v. Paraguay

The meaning of the superior interest of the child in post conflict societies : Survellon Garcia and others vs. Honduras

Child soldiers in Paraguay : the case of Vargas Areco

The pending task of construing the meaning of the rights of the family in the jurisprudence of the court

Reparations in cases of violations of human rights of children

Upcoming contentious cases on children's rights in the system.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-39806-7

9786612398063

90-474-3285-1

OCLC:

593231612

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004165137.i-672 DOI