Children's Rights

In 2009 the European Union adopted, within the framework of its external action, a document containing Guidelines on Promoting Compliance with International Humanitarian Law. These guidelines being of a general nature, the action and the measures that they recommend comprises also the protection of children in armed conflict and shall continue to be applied by the European Union in its external relations. However, the need for a special consideration of children’s situation has subsequently emerged and became more and more urgent, thus advising to amend the existing Guidelines by including in them a specific language and specific action for children. This book – containing the results of a study conducted by a team of the Universities Network for Children in Armed Conflict – aims at filling in the gap and proposes a series of recommendations on how the existing Guidelines could be completed in order to enhance the European Union’s action with respect to children in armed conflict.

Independent children's rights institutions (ICRIs) have been established across the world. Endorsed by the UN, they are independent of their governments and endowed with legal powers. Yet we know little about how ICRIs function. How do they work? What impacts their success? What objectives do ICRIs seek to achieve? The contributors to this edited collection provide first-hand experiences in directing, working for, and studying ICRIs and detail their unique, in-depth accounts of factors shaping ICRIs' efforts to monitor and advance children's rights. Chapters examine ICRIs in Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, Pakistan, and the United States, as well as an extraordinary network of ICRIs, and introduce innovative ideas of how to think about ICRIs' independence and legal powers. Offering perspectives from across the world, this volume provides both theoretical and practical insights on a crucial element of children's rights, independent children's rights institutions. The Roles of Independent Children's Rights Institutions in Advancing Human Rights of Childrenis essential reading for students, researchers, and scholars interested in studies of sociology of childhood, law and society, children's rights, and human rights.

Children’s Privacy and Safety” provides substantive background on children’s privacy, data protection and safety issues. It explores topics like children’s privacy in the U.S., complying with the Online Privacy Protection Act, and student data privacy, among others. This book is ideal for practitioners and advocates on their journey to protecting children’s data privacy and safety.

This book provides a thorough account of states' obligations to prevent childhood obesity under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, focusing on restricting unhealthy food marketing to children. It argues that while political momentum is sluggish and stilted, children's rights provide a compelling basis for action. This is important because unhealthy food marketing is a transnational concern that no one state can effectively regulate alone (...).

L'accès des enfants à la justice est devenu un sujet important dans le domaine des droits de l'enfant. Ce concept englobe notamment la possibilité pour l'enfant d'être entendu et d'avoir accès à l'information dans un langage adapté. De manière générale, il s'agit d'adapter la justice à l'enfant. Cet ouvrage explore la signification, la pratique et les défis de l'accès des enfants à la justice et contribue à une meilleure compréhension de ce que signifie cet accès pour les enfants et à quoi il devrait ressembler dans la pratique. Dans une approche comparative, il aborde les défis dans différents domaines du droit et dans différents pays : la France, le Canada, la Belgique et les Pays-Bas, entre autres. Ce bilan critique s'accompagne de solutions pratiques suggérées par les auteurs.

This bookcontains an in-depth legal analysis of Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Convention on the Exercise of Children's Rights, the Council of Europe's Guidelines on Child-Friendly Justice and Recommendation on the participation of children, and the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights. The result is a comprehensive assessment of the child's right to participate in family law proceedings, providing the first complete analysis of the international and European human rights instruments in this field. Of note, the book's analysis of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights is unique, in both the inclusion of all of the Court's judgments and decisions on child participation as well as the application of an innovative and rigorous method of qualitative content analysis. This book therefore provides a greater understanding of the child's right to participate under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Throughout the book, five key themes are addressed: the right to express views, due weight accorded to a child's views, the relevance of the child's age and maturity, the issue of undue influence, and the relevance of information and practical affairs. The standards provided in each of the instruments studied are compared and critically reflected upon. This book sets out the international and European framework for child participation and discusses critically how this framework can be further aligned and strengthened. New insights are reflected upon and recommendations made for the implementation and improvement of child participation rights at national and international levels. The Child's Right to Participate in Family Law Family Law Proceedings: Represented, Heard or Silenced? is a must read for scholars, family justice professionals, policy makers, and all persons working in the fields of children's rights and family law.