Global Reflections on Children’s Rights and the Law

Ellen Marrus is the Royce Till Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center (UHLC) and founder and director of the Center for Children, Law & Policy. Pamela Laufer-Ukeles is Professor of Law and Healthcare Administration at the Academic College of Law and Science in Hod Hasharon, Israel.

PART I Struggles, Challenges and Successes in Implementing and Ratifying the CRC Worldwide

A. Worldwide








How to Ensure Wider Implementation of the CRC

B. European Union
The European Union and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Towards a Fully-Fledged European Union Child Rights Strategy

C. Africa
30 Years of the CRC in AfricaD.Israel
Thirty Years Later: The CRC’s Influence on Israeli Law Taking Stock and Moving ForwardE. United States
Forever Owned: Children as Possessions in the CRC



Family Obligations and Socio-Economic Rights Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child
PART II Children’s Participation Rights & Child-Friendly Justice




My Voice Must Be Heard Too: Why Children Need a Voice in Custody Hearings



Child Friendly Justice: A Malleable Catalyst for the Promotion of Child and Human Rights



Family Group Conferences in Child Protection: A Communitarian Implementation of Children’s Participation Rights



The Unheard Voices of Young Girls at Risk
PART III Children’s Civil Rights: Rights to Free Speech, Health, Religious Freedom, and Privacy




Childhood, Speech and the Right to Free Speech



Upholding Children’s Civil Rights as Relational Rights: The Example of Childhood Circumcision



Protection of The Child’s Right to Privacy in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, The General Data Protection Regulation and the Polish Law



Children’s Digital Rights: Realizing the Potential of the CRC
PART IV Children’s Right to Identity




The Child’s Right to Know Their Biological Origin in Comparative European Law: Consequences for Parentage Law



Québec’s (out)law Concerning Medically Assisted Procreation: A Plea for Access to Origins
PART V Protecting Children at Risk




Suffering at the Hands of Caregivers: The Mandatory Duty of Caregivers to Report Child Abuse and Neglect from a South African Perspective



The Journey from Ignorance to Acknowlegement of Child Sexual Abuse in India



Dutch Strategies for Combating Child Poverty: A Child Rights-based Approach