Global Reflections on Children’s Rights and the Law

Ellen Marrus is the Royce Till Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center (UHLC) and founder and director of the Center for Children, Law & Policy. Pamela Laufer-Ukeles is Professor of Law and Healthcare Administration at the Academic College of Law and Science in Hod Hasharon, Israel.

• PART I Struggles, Challenges and Successes in Implementing and Ratifying the CRC Worldwide A. Worldwide How to Ensure Wider Implementation of the CRCB. European Union The European Union and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Towards a Fully-Fledged European Union Child Rights StrategyC. Africa 30 Years of the CRC in AfricaD.Israel Thirty Years Later: The CRC’s Influence on Israeli Law Taking Stock and Moving ForwardE. United States Forever Owned: Children as Possessions in the CRC Family Obligations and Socio-Economic Rights Under the Convention on the Rights of the ChildPART II Children’s Participation Rights & Child-Friendly Justice My Voice Must Be Heard Too: Why Children Need a Voice in Custody Hearings Child Friendly Justice: A Malleable Catalyst for the Promotion of Child and Human Rights Family Group Conferences in Child Protection: A Communitarian Implementation of Children’s Participation Rights The Unheard Voices of Young Girls at Risk PART III Children’s Civil Rights: Rights to Free Speech, Health, Religious Freedom, and Privacy Childhood, Speech and the Right to Free Speech Upholding Children’s Civil Rights as Relational Rights: The Example of Childhood Circumcision Protection of The Child’s Right to Privacy in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, The General Data Protection Regulation and the Polish Law Children’s Digital Rights: Realizing the Potential of the CRCPART IV Children’s Right to Identity The Child’s Right to Know Their Biological Origin in Comparative European Law: Consequences for Parentage Law Québec’s (out)law Concerning Medically Assisted Procreation: A Plea for Access to OriginsPART V Protecting Children at Risk Suffering at the Hands of Caregivers: The Mandatory Duty of Caregivers to Report Child Abuse and Neglect from a South African Perspective The Journey from Ignorance to Acknowlegement of Child Sexual Abuse in India Dutch Strategies for Combating Child Poverty: A Child Rights-based Approach