International justice for children
By: foreword by Jean-Paul Costa
Contributors: Council of Europe
Series: Monograph / Building a Europe for and with Children -- 3; Monograph (Building a Europe for and with Children (Program)) -- 3
Publisher: Council of Europe Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Strasbourg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9789287165343
Subjects: Children; Legal status, laws; Congresses; Children's rights; Administration of Juvenile justice; Juvenile courts
Description: Children's rights have gained greater global visibility through the almost universal ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Treaty bodies for other international and regional instruments, which cover the rights of "everyone", including children, are giving increasing attention to children's rights. In the same vein, human rights mechanisms, including regional ones such as the European Court of Human Rights, the European Committee of Social Rights and the Inter-American Commission and Court, have become more sensitive to children's rights. With this increasing visibility comes the recognition that children in every country of the world suffer widespread and often severe breaches of the full range of their rights - civil, political, economic, social and cultural. In many cases, children do not have adequate or realistic remedies for breaches of their rights at national level. Seeking remedy through international and regional human rights mechanisms, though on the increase, is not well-developed. International justice for children discusses the principles of child-friendly justice at international level and examines monitoring mechanisms and current systems of admissibility, determining how easy or difficult it is for children to gain access to them. This publication also identifies the obstacles to be overcome and proposes concrete ways to remove them through specific recommendations to governments, international organizations and monitoring bodies.--Publisher's description.
Notes: This book contains a selection of contributions from the participants of the conference "International Justice for Children" held in Srasboutg on 17 and 18 September 2007.

Also published in French under title: Justice internationale pour les enfants.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The European Convention on Human Rights and children's rights  -- François Tulkens; title: The protection of children's rights through the European Social Charter  -- Polonca Končar; title: The United Nations monitoring bodies and the protection of children's rights  -- Jane Connors; title: International law and children's rights : a critical review and a wish list  -- Marta Santos Pais; title: Improving children's access to the European Court of Human Rights  -- Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre; title: Access of children to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights  -- Margarette May Macaulay; title: Access of children to the African human rights protection system  -- Helen Seifu; title: Implementation of international standards and decisions at national level : the role of ombudspersons  -- George Moschos; title: Child participation and access to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child  -- Yanghee Lee; title: Children and the courts : children's testimony in judicial proceedings affecting them  -- Josiane Bigot; title: The principles of child-friendly justice at national level  -- Willie McCarney; title: The principles of child-friendly justice at international level  -- Peter Newell; title: Making international and regional human rights complaints/communications mechanisms child-friendly -- Thomas Hammarberg.