Global Reflections on Childrens Rights and the Law

Thirty years after the adoption of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child, this book provides diverse, international perspectives on its implementation, critique and reform. It will be of significant interest to scholars and practitioners working in the areas of children's rights and justice.

Autorentext

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

A. Worldwide

1. How to Ensure Wider Implementation of the CRC

   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

   C. Africa

3. 30 Years of the CRC in AfricaD.Israel
4. Thirty Years Later: The CRC's Influence on Israeli Law Taking Stock and Moving ForwardE. United States

5. Forever Owned: Children as Possessions in the CRC

6. Family Obligations and Socio-Economic Rights Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child ** PART II Children's Participation Rights & Child-Friendly Justice

7. My Voice Must Be Heard Too: Why Children Need a Voice in Custody Hearings

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

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

10. The Unheard Voices of Young Girls at Risk ** PART III Children's Civil Rights: Rights to Free Speech, Health, Religious Freedom, and Privacy

11. Childhood, Speech and the Right to Free Speech

12. Upholding Children's Civil Rights as Relational Rights: The Example of Childhood Circumcision

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

14. Children's Digital Rights: Realizing the Potential of the CRC **** 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

16. Québec's (out)law Concerning Medically Assisted Procreation: A Plea for Access to Origins *** 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

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

19. Dutch Strategies for Combating Child Poverty: A Child Rights-based Approach