National Independent Human Rights Institutions for Children

Protecting and Promoting Children's Rights
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-80274-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 149 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 338 g

Following the 30 anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 2020, and the creation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, there is increased interest in and a need to develop national human rights’ bodies for children’s rights. This book provides an in-depth look at one domestic independent children’s rights institution: the Irish Ombudsman for Children’s Office, to highlight the learnings for an international audience and the methodologies that can be used to promote and protect children’s rights at a national level. Co-authored by Ireland’s first Ombudsman for Children and a children’s rights professor, the book will present an original and informed analysis of how a national human rights institution can advocate, most effectively, for the rights of children. By using illustrative case studies, the book will highlight how the powers of a national human rights institution can be put to strategic use to address specific children’s rights deficits in areas of child protection, youth detention and public awareness about children’s rights. Each chapter focusses on a case study, identifies a problem, the approach or intervention by the Ombudsman for Children, the outcome and reflects on lessons learned. It ensures that the cases can be extracted, examined and replicated in other jurisdictions by an international community interested in the promotion, monitoring and protection of children’s rights. It speaks to those interested in Human Rights; Children’s Rights; Socio-legal studies, Social Work; Childhood Studies; Administrative Law, Constitutional Law and International Law, and to practitioners and policy-makers in this field. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Logan, Emily

Kilkelly, Ursula

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Familie, Kinder, Jugendliche
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Rechtssoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Jugendkriminalität
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Human rights institutions- Global and Irish Models.- Chapter 1. National Human Rights Institutions – International experience.- Chapter 2. The Irish model – Ombudsman for Children’s office.- Part II. Monitoring Children's rights- Three Case Studies.- Chapter 3. Violence against children.- Chapter 4. Children in Detention.- Chapter 5. International protection and separated children.- Part III. Promoting Children's rights.- Chapter 6. Advising government and legislatures on legislation.- Chapter 7. Raising awareness of children’s rights.- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Ursula Kilkelly is an international children’s rights scholar. Based at the School of Law, University College Cork, Ireland, Ursula has published and researched across all areas of children’s rights – with a focus on children’s rights implementation for over 20 years.  She is author of several monographs and edited collections in the area of children’s rights with nearly 100 publications on legal implementation of children’s rights.  

Emily Logan has sixteen years experience leading two national human rights institutions; as Ireland’s first Ombudsman for Children and subsequently as Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. She is Adjunct Full Professor at University College Dublin and Adjunct Professor (Human Rights Practice) at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway.