Children Defending their Human Rights Under the CRC Communications Procedure On Strengthening the Convention on the Rights of the Child Complaints Mechanism

Children Defending their Human Rights Under the CRC Communications Procedure On Strengthening the Convention on the Rights of the Child Complaints Mechanism / by Sonja C. Grover.

This book considers the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communication procedure as a key contributor to the realization of children’s Article 12 Convention on the Rights of the Child participation rights. Weaknesses in the current formulation of the CRC communicat...

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Main Author: Grover, Sonja C. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Human rights.
International relations.
International humanitarian law.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Introduction to the Third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child concerning a communications procedure: The Convention on the Rights of the Child Communication/ Complaints Procedure and the Convention General Implementation Articles
  • Part II: Selected Weaknesses of the Convention on the Rights of the Child Optional Protocol on a Communications Procedure: The Inadmissibility of Collective Communications Under the OP3-CRC
  • Reliance on the Best Interests of the Child Principle
  • The Failure to Allow Communications Involving Jus Cogens Violations Where the Complaint is Against  State Non-Parties to the OP3-CRC (Even if a State Party to the CRC and/or One or Both of the  First Two Protocols to the CRC)
  • Inter-State Communications under the OP3-CRC and the Requirement for an Opt In Declaration by the State Party
  • Children’s Age and Adjudged Maturity vs. Legal Principle as Factors in Taking Children’s Views into Account in OP3-CRC Decision-Making
  • Weaknesses in the OP3-CRC Provisions Regarding Inquiries, Friendly Settlements and Follow-Up
  • Communications Concerning Violations of Children’s Economic, Social, or Cultural Rights
  • Potential Obstacles Under OP3-CRC to Redress for Violation of Social and Cultural Rights: Case Examples Involving Indigenous Children
  • Concluding Remarks and Summary.

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