Overview
- Is the first to deal with the implementation of the UN Convention on the rights of the child in national laws
- Shows great diversity of laws, customs and local impacts to the legal status of children
- Provides an overview of the most actual challenges and efforts made in the field of children`s rights
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law (GSCL, volume 13)
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- Best interest of the child
- Child in the field of adoption
- Children conceived trough biomedical assistance
- Corporal punishment of the child
- Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
- Medical consent of the child
- Obligation of the child towards parents
- Physical punishment of the child
- Right of the child to be heard
- Right of the child to change his/her personal name
- Right of the child to give medical consent
- Right of the child to know his/her origin
- Rights of the Child in a Changing World
- Rights of the child in employment
- UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
About this book
This book deals with the implementation of the rights of the child as enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 21 countries from Europe, Asia, Australia, and the USA. It gives an overview of the legal status of children regarding their most salient rights, such as the implementation of the best interest principle, the right of the child to know about of his/her origin, the right to be heard, to give medical consent, the right of the child in the field of employment, religious education of children, prohibition of physical punishment, protection of the child through deprivation of parental rights and in the case of inter-country adoption.
In the last 25 years since the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted, many States Parties to the Convention have made great efforts to pass legislation regulating the rights of the child, in their commitment to the improvement of the legal status of the child. However, is that enough for any child to live better, safer, and healthier? What are the practical effects of this international as well as many national instruments in the everyday life of children? Have there been any outcomes in terms of improvement of their status around the world, and improvement of the conditions under which they live, since the Convention entered into force? In tackling these questions, this work presents a comparative overview of the implementation of the Convention, and evaluates the results achieved.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Rights of the Child in a Changing World
Book Subtitle: 25 Years after The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Editors: Olga Cvejić Jančić
Series Title: Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23189-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-23188-4Published: 24 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37378-2Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-23189-1Published: 17 November 2015
Series ISSN: 2214-6881
Series E-ISSN: 2214-689X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 410
Topics: Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law, Family, Civil Law, Human Rights