Full Description
This collection is an essential supplement to the recent academic handbooks on children's rights studies and international children's rights law. Over the years, the international legal framework on children's rights has evolved into a complex system, which includes United Nations treaties and resolutions, regional human rights instruments, such as treaties, recommendations, resolutions, and guidelines, both of private and public international law.
For students, researchers, and professionals, navigating this complex social and legal landscape can be challenging. A comprehensive and easily accessible overview of these legal sources is crucial for effectively understanding and promoting children's rights. Edited by leading experts in the field, this book is meticulously designed to provide exactly that, making it an invaluable resource for anyone dedicated to the protection and promotion of children's rights.
Contents
Notes on Editors
Introduction
Part i
Children's Rights Instruments
1 Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child
2 Declaration of the Rights of the Child
3 Convention on the Rights of the Child
3.a Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
3.b Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
3.c Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure
Part ii
General Human Rights Instruments
4 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
5 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
6 International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights
6.a Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
6.b Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty
7 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
7.a Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
8 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
9 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
9.a Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
10 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
10.a Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
11 International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
12 African (Banjul) Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
13 African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
14 American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
15 American Convention on Human Rights
15.a Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
16 Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
17 European Social Charter (Revised)
18 European Charter on Fundamental Rights
19 Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine
Part iii
Asylum, Migration and Trafficking
20 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
21 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
22 Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
23 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
Part iv
Violence and Exploitation
24 Council of Europe Convention on Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse
25 Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
Part v
Child Labour
26 C138 Minimum Age Convention
26.a R146 Minimum Age Recommendation
26.b R190 Worst Forms of Child Labour Recommendation
27 C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
28 C189 Domestic Workers Convention
Part vi
Children in the Justice System
29 United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice
30 United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency
31 United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of Their Liberty
32 United Nations Guidelines on Justice in Matters Involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime
33 Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children
34 Guidelines of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on Child-Friendly Justice
Part vii
Private International Law
35 Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
36 Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption
37 Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children
38 Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance
38.a Protocol on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations
