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Author:   Said Mahmoudi ,  Pernilla Leviner ,  Anna Kaldal ,  Katrin Lainpelto
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Volume:   1
Weight:   0.700kg
ISBN:  

9789004297425

ISBN 10:   9004297421
Pages:   348
Publication Date:   25 June 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Contributors; Introduction; Part I- Basic Components of Child-friendly Justice Systems A Quarter of a Century with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Mats Melin Children's Rights, Freedom from Violence and Criminal Justice Marta Santos Pais Reflections on Child-friendly Justice Paulo Sergio Pinheiro Best Interests of the Child Jean Zermatten Corporal Punishment, Crime and Human Rights: Lessons for Child-friendly Justice Ashley Stewart-Tufescu & Joan E. Durrant Relational Representation: The Empowerment of Children in Justice Systems Hrefna Fridriksdottir Children's Right to be Heard from Their Unique Perspectives Ann-Christin Cederborg Children's Evidence and the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Improving the Legal System for Children Deborah A. Goldfarb, Gail S. Goodman & Michael J. Lawler Child- Sensitive Justice for Children of Imprisoned Parents Adele Jones & Alex Hirschfield Challenges in Implementing Child Rights - a Call for Innovative Governance for Children Trond Waage Part II- Children and Criminal Justice Systems It Is Not Child-friendly to Make Children Criminals Peter Newell From the Inside - Children and Young People on Life in Police Cells and in Remand Prisons Fredrik Malmberg Without Resorting to Judicial Proceedings': Diversion and Mediation Rusudan Mikhelidze Children's Houses - Barnahus: Today and in the Future Anna Kaldal & Carl Goeran Svedin Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime in India Asha Bajpai Evidential Difficulties in Criminal Proceedings Concerning Alleged Child Sexual Abuse against Children with Neuropsychiatric Disorders Katrin Lainpelto Part III- Children and Civil and Administrative Justice Justice for the Migrant Child: The Protective Force of the Convention on the Rights of the Child Mary E. Crock Unaccompanied and Separated Asylum-Seeking Minors: Implementing a Rights-Based Approach in the Asylum Process Rebecca Thorburn Stern The Child's Right to Protection of Private Life and Family Life Elisabeth Gording Stang The Right to a Fair Trial from a Child's Perspective - Reflections from a Comparative Analysis of two Child-protection Systems Pernilla Leviner Part V- Child-friendly Justice: Continental Perspectives Europa: Children and Justice Nils Muiznieks &Francoise Kempf European Court of Human Rights Elisabet Fura Africa: What's in a Name? `Child friendly' Justice in Africa Julia Sloth-Nielsen Americas: Access to Justice in the Inter-American System: Standards and Challenges Rosa Maria Ortiz

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Said Mahmoudi, LL.D. (1987), is Professor of International Law at Stockholm University. He has widely published on various issues of international law. His research focus in recent years has been on human rights with particular focus on the situation in Muslim States. Pernilla Leviner, LL.D. (2011), is Associate Professor of Public Law at Stockholm University. Her research interests lie within and on the border of the fields of public and family law, and more specifically the societal responsibility of protecting children from harm and neglect. Among her publications is a monograph on the legal dilemmas within the Swedish child protection system and the difficult balancing act between children's rights to protection and the fundamental rights to private and family life. Anna Kaldal, LL.D. (2010), is Associate Professor of Procedural Law at Stockholm University. She is the author of a monograph on risk analyses in cases relating to custody of the children. Her research interests include the right of the child, in particular in legal proceedings, gathering and evaluating statements given by a child and decision-making in family and child protection cases. Katrin Lainpelto, LL.D. (2012), is Senior Lecturer in Procedural Law at Stockholm University. Her research interests include procedural and evidential matters concerning crimes against women, children, youth, and other vulnerable groups. She has authored a monograph on the legal evaluation of corroborating evidence in child sexual abuse cases.

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