Safeguarding Children's Rights in Immigration Law - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1780689497 ISBN 13 : 9781780689494

Editeur : Intersentia Ltd, 2020

Synopsis

Millions of children are on the move worldwide. Children are fleeing conflicts and wars. They move with or without their parents to attain a better future. Children on the move is not a new phenomenon, but its scale is without precedent. UN reports suggests that there are almost 50 million children who have migrated or who have been forcibly displaced. It is also reported that children form half the global refugee population and that many flee from violence, conflict and insecurity. Children who are migrants or refugees often find themselves in a particular vulnerable position, despite rather strong entitlements to human rights protection, as laid down in international and regional legal instruments including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted 30 years ago.

This book presents a collection of scientific papers presented at the conference ‘Safeguarding Children’s Rights in Immigration Law’, organised by the Institute of Immigration Law and the Department of Child Law of Leiden Law School, at Leiden University in November 2018. It reflects the growing concern for children and children’s rights in immigration in academia and practice. It also shows the diversity of issues related to immigration and children, including family reunification, detention, participation, human trafficking and the rights of siblings in the context of migration, as well as the significance of regional legal systems and infrastructures for the protection of children on the move. The book targets at academics, legal and other professionals and (advanced) students.

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'In sum, Safeguarding Children's Rights in Immigration Law offers a unique mix of expertise to address the ever-growing minefield of challenges and tensions at the intersection of childhood, human rights and migration.' -- Sara Lembrechts, International Jouarnal of Law, Policy and the Family, 2021

'An important contemporary statement in child law and migration for the beginning of 21st century.'-- Phillip Taylor, The Barrister, 2020

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Mark Klaassen is assistant professor of immigration law at the Institute of Immigration Law, Leiden University, the Netherlands. Stephanie Rap is assistant professor in children’s rights at the Department of Child Law, Leiden Law School, Leiden University, the Netherlands. Peter Rodrigues is Professor of immigration law and head of the Institute of Immigration Law at Leiden Law School, Leiden University, the Netherlands. Ton Liefaard holds the UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights at Leiden University, Leiden Law School. He teaches and publishes on children’s rights, child law and juvenile justice from an international and comparative perspective and has published widely on the meaning of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and related international and regional instruments for the position of children at the national level. He is the programme director of the Master’s Programme (LL.M) “Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights”, which starts in September 2015. He is also coordinates the Leiden Summer School on International Children’s Rights. He regularly works as a consultant for international organizations, including agencies of the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the European Union, on issues related to children’s rights, juvenile justice, child friendly justice, child protection, alternative care and violence against children. He is furthermore a deputy juvenile judge at the District Court of Amsterdam and a member of the State Commission advising the Dutch Government on changing parental relationships and the position of children.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Millions of children are on the move worldwide. Children are fleeing conflicts and wars. They move with or without their parents to attain a better future. Children on the move is not a new phenomenon, but its scale is without precedent. UN reports suggests that there are almost 50 million children who have migrated or who have been forcibly displaced. It is also reported that children form half the global refugee population and that many flee from violence, conflict and insecurity. Children who are migrants or refugees often find themselves in a particular vulnerable position, despite rather strong entitlements to human rights protection, as laid down in international and regional legal instruments including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted 30 years ago.

This book presents a collection of scientific papers presented at the conference ‘Safeguarding Children’s Rights in Immigration Law’, organised by the Institute of Immigration Law and the Department of Child Law of Leiden Law School, at Leiden University in November 2018. It reflects the growing concern for children and children’s rights in immigration in academia and practice. It also shows the diversity of issues related to immigration and children, including family reunification, detention, participation, human trafficking and the rights of siblings in the context of migration, as well as the significance of regional legal systems and infrastructures for the protection of children on the move. The book targets at academics, legal and other professionals and (advanced) students.

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'In sum, Safeguarding Children's Rights in Immigration Law offers a unique mix of expertise to address the ever-growing minefield of challenges and tensions at the intersection of childhood, human rights and migration.' -- Sara Lembrechts, International Jouarnal of Law, Policy and the Family, 2021

'An important contemporary statement in child law and migration for the beginning of 21st century.'-- Phillip Taylor, The Barrister, 2020

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Intersentia Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1780689497
• ISBN 13: 9781780689494
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 266
• Éditeur: Klaassen Mark, Rap Stephanie, Rodrigues Peter, Liefaard Ton
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible