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Abstract: This article addresses the critical issue of violence against children, defined as a violation of their rights across interpersonal, community, societal, and global settings, encompassing both physical and psychological actions targeting them or their parents. Globally, WHO estimates that an unacceptably large number of children aged 2–17 years, experience physical, sexual, or emotional violence or neglect yearly. War stands out as a major contributor to the infringement of children's fundamental human rights. Those in conflict zones undergo traumatic experiences, including the loss of family members, disruptions to social networks, displacement, and the denial of basic needs. The severe deprivation of essential resources and opportunities, coupled with the stress of warfare, poses a grave threat to the emotional and cognitive development of children, increasing the risk of physical and mental illnesses, disabilities, social problems, and intergenerational consequences (...).

Abstract: The protection of the rights of the child is a universal, global issue in the modern world. In a democratic society, a certain minimum standard of children’s rights protection must be warrantied and ensured regardless of national specificities. A number of international mechanisms have been created by the United Nations, the Council of Europe, and the European Union. The EU Member States jointly respect the universal values of human dignity, freedom, equality, solidarity, and democracy as adopted in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. An integral part of this standard is being developed through the relevant EU legal acts and caselaw. They form part of the general principles of EU law and should also be considered binding in the acceding countries (...).

Abstract : Croiser les disciplines et les regards sur l’enfant permet de déconstruire une vision universaliste du droit pour s’intéresser à la singularité psychique, culturelle et sociale de chaque enfant. Quelles sont les normes qui s’appliquent aujourd’hui aux enfants et comment ont-elles évolué sur un plan historique, juridique, institutionnel, mais aussi, au quotidien, dans les liens qui unissent l’enfant aux adultes qui l’entourent ? La présente contribution propose une mise en perspective des droits de l’enfant face à des normativités plurielles et cherche à mieux comprendre l’écart qui existe, entre le droit en vigueur et les actions menées au quotidien auprès des enfants et des familles.

Abstract: La lutte contre les dérèglements climatiques est-elle une affaire de droits de l’enfant ? La question peut aujourd’hui paraître simpliste, la réponse évidente. Pourtant, elle n’a réellement été posée en ces termes que récemment. La jeunesse n’a jamais été totalement oubliée du traitement des problématiques environnementales au niveau international, mais n’a pas constitué, pendant longtemps, l’un de ses principaux aspects. En 1972, l’environnement devient un sujet pour les Nations unies qui se réunissent pour une conférence à Stockholm. Pourtant, il faut attendre la conférence des Nations unies sur l’environnement et le développement à Rio de Janeiro, en 1992, pour que l’environnement se transforme en véritable préoccupation. Le programme « Action 21 » y est élaboré et vise à promouvoir des actions qui permettront, à long terme, de concilier développement économique et environnement (...).

Abstract: The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child gives children the right to be heard and to participate in judicial and administrative proceedings. Children are seen as bearers and subjects of rights, instead of passive recipients of protection rights. Refugee children, however, are often depicted as vulnerable human beings who require protection. This article conceptualises refugee children’s right to be heard in asylum procedures from a children’s rights perspective, in order to gain a deeper understanding of the development and increased prominence in law and practice of the concept of child participation. Through interviews with professionals working in asylum procedures in the Netherlands, it is analysed how the concept of participation is implemented in practice (...).

Abstract: La Loi sur la protection de la jeunesse met en place un mécanisme qui permet de prendre en charge une situation dans laquelle la sécurité ou le développement d’un enfant sont ou peuvent être considérés comme compromis. Il s’agit donc de redresser une situation potentielle ou avérée de violation des droits de l’enfant. Il arrive cependant que cette intervention elle-même bafoue les droits de l’enfant. Ainsi, le recours judiciaire en lésion de droits permet à la Chambre de la jeunesse de se prononcer sur l’existence de la lésion dans le cadre de l’intervention et d’ordonner des mesures pour y remédier. Notre contribution est le résultat d’une recherche par méthodes mixtes sur des cas récents de lésion de droits examinés par les tribunaux. Nous brossons un portrait des affaires identifiées et nous les analysons, particulièrement quant aux acteurs impliqués et aux mesures ordonnées, en tirant des conclusions sur l’utilité de ce recours. The Youth Protection Act sets up a mechanism that allows to address situations in which a child whose security or development is or may be considered to be in danger (...).

  • Assessing the Respect of Children’s Rights in Pediatric Hospitals; Georgousopoulou, Vasiliki ; Voutetakis, Antonis ; Galanis, Petros ; Kourti, Freideriki Eleni ; Zartaloudi, Afroditi ; Koutelekos, Ioannis ; Dousis, Evangelos ; Kosmidis, Dimitrios ; Koutsouki, Sotiria ; Pappa, Despoina ; Igoumenidis, Michael ; Dafogianni, Chrysoula; Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2023-05, Vol.59 (5), p.955, Article 955

Abstract: In 1989, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), with a considerable number of the Articles of the Convention being related to the health status of children. Therefore, adhering to and assessing the implementation of the rights of children during hospitalization is a very important step towards child protection. Herein, we attempt to highlight the depth of knowledge of employees working in children's hospitals with regard to children's rights as well as the degree of adherence to the UNCRC with respect to hospitalized children. : The target group included all healthcare professionals working in the various general pediatric clinics of the three Children's Hospitals of the Athens metropolitan area in Greece. We conducted a cross-sectional study, with data collection carried out in February and March 2020, using a structured questionnaire consisting of 46 questions which was handed out to all personnel (...).

Abstract: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) outlines the rights for every child, including the right to benefit from social security and the right to a standard of living adequate for their physical, mental, spiritual, moral, and social development. The UNCRC is the most widely ratified human rights treaty to date. However, millions of children continue to be denied their rights and face poverty, vulnerability and social exclusion, merely because they are displaced – internally or across borders. Children bear the heaviest burden of displacement, despite not being responsible for its triggers. This reality underlines that a significant population is being “left behind”, threatening progress to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals as part of international efforts to end poverty and ensure all people enjoy peace and prosperity. This article advocates for inclusive social protection systems for displaced children by highlighting the difficulties they encounter, emphasizing the potential benefits of social protection, and assessing the current status of inclusive social protection for this vulnerable group (...).

Abstract: After a brief introduction on the origins, foundation and evolution of the right to privacy in Italian legal system, the article examines the issue of children's right to privacy in the context of family relations. In particular, the study dwells on the powers/duties of protection, or rather, of vigilance, connected to the correct exercise of the educational function of parents in the digital context, which may also allow/require access to the digital data of minor children. The paper then addresses other topics related to parental responsibility: the civil liability of parents for online offences committed by their minor children; the qualification of the behaviour of parents who inappropriately or carelessly dispose of their children's personal data (so-called sharenting); and the privacy of minors in relation to health decisions that minors are entitled to take independently.

Abstract: In this paper, we argue for the moral and not merely the legal right to education for refugee children. National education in many countries is challenged by refugee flows and influx of displaced people. However, there is a tendency to think of refugee flows as isolated events rather than parts of the dynamics of a world society that national education systems needs to respond responsibly to and build capacity for. Consequently, there is a gap between the legal right to education for refugee children and its practical realization, and granting refugee children access to national education systems is becoming part of the problem and not only a solution to the de-territorializing and cosmopolitan challenges of refugee flows and displaced people. We argue that education for children of refugees’ need to meet with a cosmopolitan design of education in order to respond responsibly to the right to education for refugee children. In the first part, we discuss the legal right to education for refugee children, and moral challenges with regard to its practical realization in nation-centred school systems and schools (...).

Abstract: This article aims to explore the legal consciousness of migrant children in transit at the France–UK border. Based on secondary analysis of legal measures to help ensure child protection, and on ethnographic fieldwork in Calais, this paper shows that the legal consciousness of migrant children is shaped by several factors such as their experience of migration, their previous interactions with public institutions in Europe, their living conditions in transit areas, the police's harassment strategy, the influence of migrant peers and by their own migration plans. We will show that these factors have a deep impact on the legal consciousness of unaccompanied minors and consequently on both their (non‐)claim of protection and (non‐)use of legal tools. By mobilizing biographical sets of data, we will also show that their legal consciousness results from the combination of these contextual factors with their individual experiences and sociological characteristics (education, origin, …). From a methodological point of view, this contribution provides evidence of the importance of adopting a child‐centred approach in ethnographic research. This approach highlights discrepancies between policy aims and children's needs.

Abstract: In the 20th century, tens of thousands of children grew up in care homes, reformatories or foster families in Switzerland. The article provides an insight into the most important findings of recent research on the out-of-home placement of children and adolescents. It shows how family became an element of social control in the 20th century. The out-of-home placement of minors from precarious families was part of a repressive welfare policy aimed at enforcing bourgeois ideas of order and making children « socially acceptable ». However, inclusion often led to exclusion.

Abstract : Trois organes internationaux ont successivement souligné le non-respect par l’État français de ses engagements conventionnels. En refusant de rapatrier les enfants français détenus dans les camps du nord-est syrien, le gouvernement a manqué à certaines de ses obligations positives, dont celle de protéger les enfants contre de mauvais traitements et de permettre un contrôle juridictionnel permettant d’assurer l’absence d’arbitraire. Malgré une convergence apparente des solutions retenues, la motivation et le raisonnement adoptés révèlent des divergences importantes.

Abstract: Despite overwhelming international evidence of elevated rates of poor mental health in LGBTQ+ youth compared to their cis-heterosexual peers, we know relatively little about effective mental health services for this population group. This study aims to produce the first early intervention model of “what works” to support LGBTQ+ youth with emerging mental health problems. Utilizing a mixed method case study, we collected data across 12 UK mental health service case study sites that involved: (a) interviews with young people, parents, and mental health practitioners (n = 93); (b) documentary analysis; (c) nonparticipant observation. The data analysis strategy was theoretical using the “explanation-building” analytical technique. Our analysis suggests an intersectional youth rights approach with 13 principles that must be enacted to provide good mental health services as advocated by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and World Health Organization (...).

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