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Book SynopsisChild-friendly Justice assesses how the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has affected the development of child law and the promotion of children’s rights in the past twenty-five years. Its 24 studies probe a broad variety of issues relating to children’ s contact with civil, administrative and criminal justice systems, the protection of child integrity and their right to participation, information and proper representation. The contributors - all experts on child-related matters - represent international organisations, academia and NGOs. They provide a clear picture of the origins of the current problems in realising child-friendly justice, and they discuss possible solutions.
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Contributors; Introduction; Part I- Basic Components of Child-friendly Justice Systems A Quarter of a Century with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Mats Melin Children’s Rights, Freedom from Violence and Criminal Justice Marta Santos Pais Reflections on Child-friendly Justice Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro Best Interests of the Child Jean Zermatten Corporal Punishment, Crime and Human Rights: Lessons for Child-friendly Justice Ashley Stewart-Tufescu & Joan E. Durrant Relational Representation: The Empowerment of Children in Justice Systems Hrefna Friðriksdóttir Children’s Right to be Heard from Their Unique Perspectives Ann-Christin Cederborg Children’s Evidence and the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Improving the Legal System for Children Deborah A. Goldfarb, Gail S. Goodman & Michael J. Lawler Child- Sensitive Justice for Children of Imprisoned Parents Adele Jones & Alex Hirschfield Challenges in Implementing Child Rights – a Call for Innovative Governance for Children Trond Waage Part II- Children and Criminal Justice Systems It Is Not Child-friendly to Make Children Criminals Peter Newell From the Inside – Children and Young People on Life in Police Cells and in Remand Prisons Fredrik Malmberg Without Resorting to Judicial Proceedings’: Diversion and Mediation Rusudan Mikhelidze Children’s Houses – Barnahus: Today and in the Future Anna Kaldal & Carl Göran Svedin Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime in India Asha Bajpai Evidential Difficulties in Criminal Proceedings Concerning Alleged Child Sexual Abuse against Children with Neuropsychiatric Disorders Katrin Lainpelto Part III- Children and Civil and Administrative Justice Justice for the Migrant Child: The Protective Force of the Convention on the Rights of the Child Mary E. Crock Unaccompanied and Separated Asylum-Seeking Minors: Implementing a Rights-Based Approach in the Asylum Process Rebecca Thorburn Stern The Child’s Right to Protection of Private Life and Family Life Elisabeth Gording Stang The Right to a Fair Trial from a Child’s Perspective – Reflections from a Comparative Analysis of two Child-protection Systems Pernilla Leviner Part V- Child-friendly Justice: Continental Perspectives Europa: Children and Justice Nils Muižnieks &Françoise Kempf European Court of Human Rights Elisabet Fura Africa: What’s in a Name? ‘Child friendly’ Justice in Africa Julia Sloth-Nielsen Americas: Access to Justice in the Inter-American System: Standards and Challenges Rosa Maria Ortiz
