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Children’s Rights
A Commentary on the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Protocols, Second Edition
2nd edition
9781035316830 Edward Elgar Publishing
This thoroughly updated second edition presents a comprehensive legal perspective on the inherently interdisciplinary field of children’s rights. Chapters provide an article-by-article analysis of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including its Optional Protocols, as well as contextualised advice on the interpretation and implementation of its provisions.
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This thoroughly updated second edition presents a comprehensive legal perspective on the inherently interdisciplinary field of children’s rights. Chapters provide an article-by-article analysis of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including its Optional Protocols, as well as contextualised advice on the interpretation and implementation of its provisions.
The Commentary critically engages with the Convention, exploring its position within the wider context of human rights law and other multidisciplinary fields such as the sociology of childhood. This second edition includes a revised introduction focusing on contemporary challenges and opportunities for children’s rights, new material on children in conflict with the law and the individual complaints procedure, and updated discussions of recent case-law on regional human rights systems.
Drawing on global perspectives, this new edition is an invaluable resource for students and researchers in family law, human rights, public international law and the sociology of law. It will also be of great interest to practitioners and policymakers in children’s services, education, social work, psychology and healthcare.
The Commentary critically engages with the Convention, exploring its position within the wider context of human rights law and other multidisciplinary fields such as the sociology of childhood. This second edition includes a revised introduction focusing on contemporary challenges and opportunities for children’s rights, new material on children in conflict with the law and the individual complaints procedure, and updated discussions of recent case-law on regional human rights systems.
Drawing on global perspectives, this new edition is an invaluable resource for students and researchers in family law, human rights, public international law and the sociology of law. It will also be of great interest to practitioners and policymakers in children’s services, education, social work, psychology and healthcare.
Critical Acclaim
‘The effective protection of children’s rights requires an adequate and accurate understanding of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols. The second edition of this acclaimed commentary offers a highly relevant, up to date and very useful source of reference, for scholars, practitioners and students, which enhances our legal understanding of international children’s rights as a complex and dynamic field of law, critical to the protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all children. The interdisciplinary approach of the commentary adds significant value in deeping our knowledge concerning both the challenges as well as the potential of the children’s rights framework for children across the globe.’
– Ton Liefaard, Leiden University, the Netherlands
‘This book offers a thorough, yet accessible examination of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols. This new edition provides important analysis of the rapidly developing jurisprudence of the Committee on the Rights of the Child under the Optional Protocol on a Communications Procedure. The book remains a key resource for students, scholars, and practitioners focused on children’s rights.’
– Jonathan Todres, Georgia State University, US
– Ton Liefaard, Leiden University, the Netherlands
‘This book offers a thorough, yet accessible examination of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols. This new edition provides important analysis of the rapidly developing jurisprudence of the Committee on the Rights of the Child under the Optional Protocol on a Communications Procedure. The book remains a key resource for students, scholars, and practitioners focused on children’s rights.’
– Jonathan Todres, Georgia State University, US
