ABSTRACT

Thirty years after the adoption of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child, this book provides diverse perspectives from countries and regions across the globe on its implementation, critique and potential for reform.

The book revolves around key issues including progress in implementing the CRC worldwide; how to include children in legal proceedings; how to uphold children’s various civil rights; how to best assist children at risk; and discussions surrounding children’s identity rights in a changing familial order. Discussion of the CRC is both compelling and polarizing and the book portrays the enthusiasm around these topics through contrasting and comparative opinions on a range of topics.

The work provides varying perspectives from many different countries and regions, offering a wealth of insight on topics that will be of significant interest to scholars and practitioners working in the areas of children’s rights and justice.

part I|86 pages

Struggles, challenges, and successes in implementing and ratifying the CRC worldwide

part A|14 pages

Worldwide

part B|13 pages

chapter 2|12 pages

The European Union and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Towards a fully-fledged European Union child rights strategy

part C|16 pages

Africa

part D|13 pages

Israel

chapter 4|12 pages

Thirty years later

The CRC's influence on Israeli law, taking stock and moving forward

part E|29 pages

United States

chapter 5|14 pages

Forever owned

Children as possessions in the CRC

part II|54 pages

Children's Participation Rights and Child-Friendly Justice

chapter 7|14 pages

My voice must be heard too

Why children need a voice in custody hearings

chapter 8|12 pages

Child-friendly justice

A malleable catalyst for the promotion of child and human rights

chapter 9|13 pages

Family group conferences in child protection

A communitarian implementation of children's participation rights

part III|56 pages

Children's civil rights

part IV|26 pages

Children's right to identity

part V|42 pages

Protecting children at risk

chapter 17|13 pages

Suffering at the hands of caregivers

The mandatory duty of caregivers to report child abuse and neglect from a South African perspective