Hear me! Improving child participation in family and child protection proceedings The UN CRC states that children have the right to be heard in all matters affecting them. How is this right implemented in legal proceedings and daily practice in family and youth courts, and what can be improved? Marielle Bruning • March 13, 2020
The second privacy paradox After some major privacy breaches in the land of children’s privacy, a new, second privacy paradox is emerging. It’s about time we talk about children’s privacy as much as we worry about it. Thijs Hannema • April 12, 2019
Children’s rights at the local level: The European approach to (unaccompanied) children in migration Refugee and migrant children require specific protection and support. Local level initiatives play an important role in their integration. Initiatives promoting early integration, an individualised approach and prolonged support appear successful. Stephanie Rap and Marit Buddenbaum • December 14, 2018
Dublin IV: Violating Unaccompanied Minor’s Best Interests in the Allocation of Responsibility The proposed Dublin IV Regulation contradicts the Court’s case law on Member State responsibility for asylum claims of unaccompanied minors and fails to properly protect the child’s best interests. Lisa van Zelm • May 22, 2018
‘Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?’: fingerprinting migrant children under the Eurodac Regulation Under the recast EURODAC Regulation it is proposed to lower the minimum age of data subjects from to 14 to 6 years of age. This raises issues of compatibility with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Merve Kaya • May 08, 2018
Evolving capacities of children: teenagers lead anti-gun law protests in America Teenagers who survived a high school shooting in Florida have sparked a national movement and changed the debate on gun law in America. March for Our Lives remind us how children’s capacities are often underestimated or overlooked. Sheila Varadan • May 07, 2018
Raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility and the importance of proper youth care The Council for the Administration of Criminal Justice and Protection of Juveniles conducted a study on the minimum age of criminal responsibility. As a result the Council recommended raising the minimum age to at least 14 years and improving youth care. Ton Liefaard and Maria Lourijsen • March 21, 2018 • 1 comment
The Committee on the Rights of the Child on Female Genital Mutilation and Non-Refoulement In its first ruling, the Committee on the rights of the Child holds that the deportation of a Somali mother and her baby daughter fearing to undergo FGM would breach Denmark’s obligation to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence. Mark Klaassen and Peter Rodrigues • March 20, 2018
Coercion (drang) in the Dutch youth care system: legal position in limbo between judicial systems Last Tuesday the Dutch States General was informed about the effectiveness of the Youth Act. One of the important conclusions focuses on the use of coercion in the youth care system and the legal position of the clients and professionals involved. Denise Verkroost • February 02, 2018
