Children’s Rights

Wouter Vandenhole, Professor of Human and Children's Rights, Law and Development Research Group, Faculty of Law, Gamze Erdem Türkelli, Associate Research Professor, Law and Development Research Group, Faculty of Law, University of Antwerp and Sara Lembrechts, PhD Researcher, Migration Law Research Group, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Ghent University, Belgium

Contents
Foreword xix
Children’s rights law: achievements and challenges 1
Children’s rights law: achievements and challenges 48
1 Scope of application 53
2 Non-discrimination 58
3 Best interests of the child 67
4 General obligation 85
5 Appropriate direction and guidance consistent with the child’s evolving capacities 91
6 The right to life, survival and development 100
7 Name and nationality 113
8 Preservation of identity 121
9 Separation from parents 125
10 Famıly reunıfıcatıon 137
11 Illicit transfer and non-return of children 148
12 The views of the child 158
13 Freedom of expression 176
14 Freedom of thought, conscience and religion 185
15 Freedom of association and peaceful assembly 193
16 The right to privacy 205
17 Access to appropriate information through media 216
18 Common responsibilities of parents for the upbringing and development of the child 226
19 Protection from all forms of violence
20 Children deprived of their family environment 246
21 Adoption 254
22 Asylum seeking and refugee children 263
23 Children with disabilities 279
24 Right to health 287
25 Periodic review of placement 310
26 Social security 312
27 Standard of living adequate for the child’s development 317
28 Right to education 324
29 Aims of education 337
30 Article 30: Rıghts of chıldren from mınorıtıes and indıgenous orıgın 341
31 Rest, leisure and play 351
32 Protectıon from economıc exploıtatıon 360
33 Protectıon from drugs 368
34 Protectıon from sexual exploıtatıon and abuse 376
35 Prevention of abduction, sale and trafficking 386
36 Protectıon agaınst all other forms of exploıtatıon 395
37 Deprivation of liberty, prohibition of torture, degrading and inhuman treatment and of capital
punishment and life imprisonment 399
38 Chıldren in armed conflıct 416
39 Recovery and reıntegratıon of chıld vıctıms 424
40 Children’s rights in justice systems 433
41 Respect for higher standards 450
42 Dissemination 452
43 Article 43: The Committee on the Rights of the Child 457
44 Reporting procedure 461
45 Implementation and international cooperation 465
46–54 Final clauses: signature, ratification, accession, entry into force, amendments, reservations,
denunciations 469
OPTIONAL PROTOCOL ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT 475
OPTIONAL PROTOCOL ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY 487
OPTIONAL PROTOCOL ON A COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURE 505