Rights of the Child

Rebecca Adami, PhD 2014 Stockholm University, is Associate Professor at the Department of Education, SU. Together with K. Dineen, she published the article “Discourses of Childism: How COVID-19 Has Unveiled Prejudice, Discrimination and Social Injustice against Children in the Everyday” (The International Journal of Children’s Rights, Vol 29, Issue 2, pp.353-370, Brill/Nijhoff).Anna Kaldal, PhD 2010 Stockholm University, is Professor at the Department of Law at that university. She published ”Barnets bästa i vårdnadstvister – särskilt principen om barnets bästa och barnets rätt att komma till tals, in Åhman, Leviner & Zillén (ed) Barnkonventionen i praktiken Rättsliga utmaningar och möjligheter” (Norstedts juridik, 2020).Margareta Aspán, PhD in Education, 2009, is Senior lecturer at the Department of child and youth studies, Stockholm university, since 2014. She published "Janusz Korczak och Ellen Key – tankar om barnet är tankar om människan. S. & R- M. Hartman (red.) Fostran med kärlek och respekt, Janusz Korszaks pedagogik, 50 år i Sverige” (Svenska Korczaksällskapets skriftserie, nr 5, 2022).

• Preface – Contrasting Perspectives on Child Rights  Rebecca AdamiAbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionChildren’s Rights from an International PerspectiveLaura LundyA Children’s Rights Dilemma – Paternalism versus AutonomyNoam PelegPart 1Legal Challenges Regarding the Rights of the Child1 Children’s Right to Have Rights – on the Importance of Statutory Rights for Swedish Children Living outside the CountryJohanna SchiratzkiA Response to Johanna SchiratzkiSandra Karlsson2 Child Rights without Substance? – Swedish Public Welfare and the Invisibility of Children in Economic Support CasesPernilla Leviner and Tim HolappaA Response to Pernilla Leviner and Tim HolappaLars Lindblom3 Children’s Participation in Legal Proceedings – Conditioned by Adult Views of Children’s Capacity and Credibility?Anna KaldalA Response to Anna KaldalLinde Lindkvist4 Societal Unease and the Right to Non-discrimination for Youths with Foreign Background Who Are in Conflict with the LawKatrin LainpeltoA Response to Katrin LainpeltoRebecca Adami5 Children’s Right to Health(Care) – in Light of Medical Advancements and Developments in Paediatric CareKavot ZillénA Response to Kavot ZillénMargareta AspánPart 2Conceptualizing the Rights of the Child Political, Ethical, and Moral Dimensions6 Childism – on Adult Resistance to Children’s RightsRebecca AdamiA Response to Rebecca AdamiKatrin Lainpelto7 Five Problems with Children’s Participation RightsLinde LindkvistA Response to Linde LindkvistAnna Kaldal8 Distributive Justice for ChildrenLars LindblomA Response to Lars LindblomPernilla Leviner and Tim Holappa9 Article 31 – the Forgotten Right to Cultural Life and the ArtsMargareta AspánA Response to Margareta AspánKavot Zillén10 Ethnography of Lived Rights – Methodological and Ethical Considerations when Researching Rights with ChildrenSandra KarlssonA Response to Sandra KarlssonJohanna SchiratzkiIndex