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Tables of Contents for The Child and the European Convention on Human Rights
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
 
Acknowledgements
xii
 
Note on the Citation of Strasbourg Cases
xiii
 
Series Preface
xiv
 
The Application of the European Convention to Children
1
17
Background to the European Convention
1
1
The European Convention and Children
2
2
Non-Discrimination
4
2
Principles of Interpretation
6
11
Prospects
17
1
Definition and Status of the Child
18
15
Introduction
18
1
The Definition of the Child
19
8
The Status of the Child
27
5
Future Challenges
32
1
Juvenile Justice and Detention
33
29
Introduction
33
1
The Scope of Article 5
34
5
Deprivation of Liberty
39
3
Detention for the Purpose of Educational Supervision
42
2
Bringing a Minor before a Competent Legal Authority
44
2
The Right to Challenge the Lawfulness of Detention
46
6
Sentencing
52
3
The Right to a Fair Trial
55
5
Future Challenges
60
2
Education
62
26
Introduction
62
1
The Scope of Article 2 of the First Protocol
62
3
State Discretion in Education
65
2
The Right to an Effective Education
67
3
The Right to Provide Education
70
1
Respect for Parental Convictions
70
11
The Rights of Linguistic Minorities
81
3
The Right to Education-Parent or Child Right?
84
2
Future Challenges
86
2
Identity
88
28
Introduction
88
1
The Origins of the Child
88
7
Recognition of Family Ties
95
6
Access to Birth Information
101
5
Nationality
106
5
The Right to a Name
111
3
Future Challenges
114
2
Participation Rights
116
23
Introduction
116
1
Consultation with the Child
117
3
Representation and Participation in Civil Proceedings
120
2
Representation and Participation in Criminal Proceedings
122
1
The Child's Right to Complain to the European Court
123
3
Freedom of Expression
126
6
Freedom of Religion
132
4
Freedom of Assembly
136
1
Future Challenges
137
2
Life, Health and Health Care
139
21
Introduction
139
1
The Right to Life
140
9
The Right to Health Care
149
6
The Right to a Healthy Environment
155
1
Health Education
156
3
Future Challenges
159
1
Abuse and Neglect
160
27
Introduction
160
1
Protection under Article 3
160
7
State Responsibility for Breaches of Article 3
167
3
Protection under Article 8
170
8
Remedies for Abuse
178
5
Treatment of Victims in Legal Proceedings
183
3
Future Challenges
186
1
Definition and Treatment of the Family
187
27
Introduction
187
1
Definition of the Family
187
10
Compatibility with Article 8
197
9
Procedural Safeguards implicit in Family Life
206
4
Family Assistance
210
2
Future Challenges
212
2
Immigrant and Refugee Children
214
25
Introduction
214
1
Family Life in Immigration Cases
215
3
The Compatibility of Immigration Measures with Article 8
218
11
Expulsion and Protection under Article 3
229
4
Detention of Immigrant and Refugee Children
233
1
Procedural Rights
234
2
Rights of Immigrant and Refugee Children while in a Convention State
236
1
Future Challenges
237
2
Custody and Contact
239
24
Introduction
239
1
The Right to Complain to the European Court
239
2
Custody and Article 8
241
10
Contact and Article 8
251
6
Respect for the Views of the Child
257
1
International Child Abduction
258
3
Future Challenges
261
2
Alternative Care
263
32
Introduction
263
1
Removing Children from the Family
263
8
Placing Children in Care
271
2
Respect for the Child's Background
273
3
Contact with Children in Care
276
4
Removing Children from Care
280
4
Procedural Protection of Parents' Rights
284
5
Procedural Protection of Children's Rights
289
1
Care Proceedings and Article 6
290
3
Future Challenges
293
2
Adoption
295
20
Introduction
295
1
The Right to a Family?
296
1
Adoption and Article 8
297
1
Family Life and the Applicability of Article 8
298
3
Justifying Adoption under Article 8
301
5
Adoption and Long-Term Foster Care
306
2
Ensuring Consistency in the Child's Upbringing
308
1
Regulating Adoption
308
2
Adoption Procedures
310
3
Future Challenges
313
2
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Selected Provisions)
315
4
List of Cases of the European Commission of Human Rights
319
9
List of Cases of the European Court of Human Rights
328
4
Bibliography
332
16
Index
348