Litigating the rights of the child : the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in domestic and international jurisprudence /

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Imprint:Dordrecht : Springer, [2014]
©2015
Description:1 online resource (XXII, 265 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11088205
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Other authors / contributors:Liefaard, Ton, 1978-
Doek, J. E.
ISBN:9789401794459
9401794456
9789401794442
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:This book examines the impact of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on national and international jurisprudence, since its adoption in 1989. It offers state of the art knowledge on the functions, challenges and limitations of the CRC in domestic, regional and international children{u2019}s rights litigation. Litigating the Rights of the Child provides insight in the role of the CRC in domestic jurisprudence in ten countries from different parts of the world, with civil law, common law and Islamic law systems. In addition, it offers analyses of the jurisprudence of regional courts, in Europe and the Americas, and of human rights treaty bodies, including the Human Rights Committee, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. This book presents a global and comparative picture on the use of the CRC in litigation and identifies emerging trends. This book serves as an important source of reference and inspiration for academics, students, legal professionals, including judges and lawyers, and (inter)national organisations working in the area of children{u2019}s rights.
Other form:Print version: Litigating the rights of the child.
Standard no.:10.1007/978-94-017-9445-9