The roles of independent children's rights institutions in advancing human rights of children

• Other Authors: Lux, Agnes (Editor), Gran, Brian (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
• Series: Sociological studies of children and youth ; v. 28.
• Subjects: Children's rights.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781801176101
• DOI: 10.1108/S1537-4661202228
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (244 pages).

Independent children's rights institutions (ICRIs) have been established across the world. Endorsed by the UN, they are independent of their governments and endowed with legal powers. Yet we know little about how ICRIs function. How do they work? What impacts their success? What objectives do I...

Table of Contents:

• Preface / Maria Herczog Introduction: Agnes Lux and Brian Gran Section 1. Children's Ombudsperson's Perspectives of their Work and its Impacts
• Chapter 1. 'Be bold, be brave, speak out': The role of the children and young people's commissioner Scotland (cypcs) during the pandemic / Bruce Adamson and Gina Wilson
• Chapter 2. The job of a lifetime: Looking back on my years as a children's rights commissioner (1998 - 2009) / Ankie Vandekerckhove Section 2. Children's Ombudspersons Working in Europe
• Chapter 3. Ireland's ombudsman for children - combining power and influence to advance children's rights / Ursula Kilkelly and Emily Logan
• Chapter 4. How to research independent children's rights institutions: Lessons learned from the evaluation of the dutch children's ombudsman / Katrien Klep, Stephanie Rap, and Valérie Pattyn
• Chapter 5. Analysis of the performance of the Hungarian ombudsman related to children's rights through the lens of the UN crc's four guiding principles / Agnes Lux
• Chapter 6. The role of the nhri in Germany / Rita Richter Nunes Section 3. Children's Ombudspersons in Pakistan and the United States
• Chapter 7. Why the United States needs a national children's rights ombudsperson / Brian Gran
• Chapter 8. The founding law of pakistan's national commission on the rights of the child: Legal challenges, bureaucratic barriers and vague opportunities / Abdullah Khoso and Umbreen Kousar Section 4. ICRIs 'Engagement in the UNCRC Monitoring Mechanisms and Questions of Independence
• Chapter 9. International monitoring of the United Nations convention on the rights of the child: Assessing the engagement of the independent children's rights institutions / Zsuzsanna Rutai
• Chapter 10. The European network of ombudspersons for children (enoc): Key influences on children's rights promotion / Robin Shura and Brian Gran Section 5. Conclusions
• Chapter 11. Conclusions: A big picture of independent children's rights institutions' / Agnes Lux and Brian Gran.