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Children Defending their Human Rights Under the CRC Communications Procedure

On Strengthening the Convention on the Rights of the Child Complaints Mechanism

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Authors:
  1. Sonja C. Grover

    1. Lakehead University Faculty of Education, Thunder Bay, Canada

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  • Very original approach of analyzing and discussing the weaknesses of the CRC communication procedure/protocol
  • Extensive recommendations regarding necessary changes to the communications protocol
  • Advocacy tool for frontline children's human rights advocates and legal practitioners

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child Concerning a Communications Procedure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Convention on the Rights of the Child Communications/Complaints Procedure and the Convention General Implementation Articles

      • Sonja C. Grover
      Pages 3-19

  3. Selected Weaknesses of the Convention on the Rights of the Child Optional Protocol on a Communications Procedure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. The Inadmissibility of Collective Communications Under the OP3-CRC

      • Sonja C. Grover
      Pages 23-107

    3. Reliance on the Best Interests of the Child Principle

      • Sonja C. Grover
      Pages 109-145

    4. 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)

      • Sonja C. Grover
      Pages 147-162

    5. Inter-State Communications Under the OP3-CRC and the Requirement for an Opt In Declaration by the State Party

      • Sonja C. Grover
      Pages 163-185

    6. Children’s Age and Adjudged Maturity as Factors in Taking Children’s Views into Account in OP3-CRC Decision-Making

      • Sonja C. Grover
      Pages 187-211

    7. Weaknesses in the OP3-CRC Provisions Regarding Inquiries, Friendly Settlements and Follow-Up

      • Sonja C. Grover
      Pages 213-219

    8. Communications Concerning Violations of Children’s Economic, Social, or Cultural Rights

      • Sonja C. Grover
      Pages 221-249

    9. Potential Obstacles Under OP3-CRC to Redress for Violation of Indigenous Children’s Social and Cultural Rights

      • Sonja C. Grover
      Pages 251-298

    10. Concluding Remarks and Summary

      • Sonja C. Grover
      Pages 299-314

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 315-318
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About this book

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 communication procedure (its first iteration since entry into force 14 April, 2014) are examined and suggestions for strengthening of the mechanism in various respects considered. Actual cases concerning children’s fundamental human rights in various domains and brought under various international human rights mechanisms are considered as hypothetical OP3-CRC communications/complaints. In addition certain domestic cases brought to the highest State Court are considered as hypothetical OP3-CRC communications brought after exhaustion of domestic remedies. In this way various significant weaknesses of the OP3-CRC are illustrated in a compelling meaningful case context and needed amendments highlighted.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Lakehead University Faculty of Education, Thunder Bay, Canada

    Sonja C. Grover

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Children Defending their Human Rights Under the CRC Communications Procedure

  • Book Subtitle: On Strengthening the Convention on the Rights of the Child Complaints Mechanism

  • Authors: Sonja C. Grover

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44443-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-44442-9Published: 13 November 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50939-5Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-44443-6Published: 03 November 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 318

  • Topics: Human Rights, International Relations, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict

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