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Child-friendly Justice: A Quarter of a Century of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Child-friendly Justice: A Quarter of a Century of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Author: Said Mahmoudi; Pernilla Leviner; Anna Kaldal; Katrin Lainpelto
Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
ISBN: 9789004297425
Published In: June 2015
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Disclaimer:
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Child-friendly Justice assesses how the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has affected the development of child law and the promotion of children’s rights in the past twenty-five years. Its 24 studies probe a broad variety of issues relating to children’ contact with civil, administrative and criminal justice systems, the protection of child integrity and their right to participation, information and proper representation.

The contributors – all experts on child-related matters – represent international organisations, academia and NGOs. They provide a clear picture of the origins of the current problems in realising child-friendly justice, and they discuss possible solutions.

Preface and Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Contributors

Introduction

Part I- Basic Components of Child-friendly Justice Systems

A Quarter of a Century with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Mats Melin

Children’s Rights, Freedom from Violence and Criminal Justice Marta Santos Pais

Reflections on Child-friendly Justice Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro

Best Interests of the Child Jean Zermatten

Corporal Punishment, Crime and Human Rights: Lessons for Child-friendly Justice Ashley Stewart-Tufescu & Joan E. Durrant

Relational Representation: The Empowerment of Children in Justice Systems Hrefna Friðriksdóttir

Children’s Right to be Heard from Their Unique Perspectives Ann-Christin Cederborg

Children’s Evidence and the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Improving the Legal System for Children Deborah A. Goldfarb, Gail S. Goodman & Michael J. Lawler

Child- Sensitive Justice for Children of Imprisoned Parents Adele Jones & Alex Hirschfield

Challenges in Implementing Child Rights – a Call for Innovative Governance for Children Trond Waage

Part II- Children and Criminal Justice Systems

It Is Not Child-friendly to Make Children Criminals Peter Newell

From the Inside – Children and Young People on Life in Police Cells and in Remand Prisons Fredrik Malmberg

Without Resorting to Judicial Proceedings’: Diversion and Mediation Rusudan Mikhelidze

Children’s Houses – Barnahus: Today and in the Future Anna Kaldal & Carl Göran Svedin

Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime in India Asha Bajpai

Evidential Difficulties in Criminal Proceedings Concerning Alleged Child Sexual Abuse against Children with Neuropsychiatric Disorders Katrin Lainpelto

Part III- Children and Civil and Administrative Justice

Justice for the Migrant Child: The Protective Force of the Convention on the Rights of the Child Mary E. Crock

Unaccompanied and Separated Asylum-Seeking Minors: Implementing a Rights-Based Approach in the Asylum Process Rebecca Thorburn Stern

The Child’s Right to Protection of Private Life and Family Life Elisabeth Gording Stang

The Right to a Fair Trial from a Child’s Perspective – Reflections from a Comparative Analysis of two Child-protection Systems Pernilla Leviner

Part V- Child-friendly Justice: Continental Perspectives

Europa:

Children and Justice Nils Muižnieks &Françoise Kempf

European Court of Human Rights Elisabet Fura

Africa:

What’s in a Name? ‘Child friendly’ Justice in Africa Julia Sloth-Nielsen

Americas: