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Child Protection and the European Court of Human Rights : Lessons from Norway in the Development and Contestation of Children's Rights
| Child Protection and the European Court of Human Rights : Lessons from Norway in the Development and Contestation of Children's Rights |
| Autore | Stein Helland Hege |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2025 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 pages) |
| Disciplina | 346.481013083 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SkivenesMarit
GloppenSiri |
| ISBN |
1-4473-7148-8
1-4473-7149-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Child Protection and the European Court of Human Rights: Lessons from Norway in the Development and Contestation of Children's Rights -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures and tables -- List of abbreviations -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Children's rights under pressure: Norway, the European Court of Human Rights and the challenges to welfare state legitimacy -- Introduction -- The European Court of Human Rights and child rights -- Child rights and child protection in the European Court of Human Rights -- Rule of law and child flourishing -- Child protection and the member states of the European Court of Human Rights -- Structure of the book -- The European Court of Human Rights from a national perspective -- Transnational influence of the European Court of Human Rights -- The European Court of Human Rights and its jurisprudence -- Notes -- References -- PART I The European Court of Human Rights from a national perspective -- 2 Are the child welfare cases against Norway in the European Court of Human Rights unique? -- What this chapter is about -- The Strand Lobben group of cases -- Interrogating two aspects of uniqueness: methodology -- The comparative perspective: child welfare cases against other states from December 2015 to December 2024 -- Norway stands out in numbers -- Looking behind the numbers -- The inter-state perspective: the occurrence of third-party state intervention against Norway -- Home state intervention -- States intervening as third parties regardless of a national link -- Conclusion -- Appendix 2.1 List of all decided and pending child welfare cases against Norway (alphabetical order) -- Appendix 2.2 List of child welfare cases against other Council of Europe member states (alphabetical order) -- Notes -- References.
3 Child protection and the European Court of Human Rights: the case of Finland and Article 8 -- Introduction -- The European Court of Human Rights judgments regarding Article 8 and Finnish child protection -- Implications of the European Court of Human Rights case law on Finnish child protection -- Implications for child welfare legislation -- Implications for the Supreme Administrative Court's decisions -- Child welfare policy and practice: permanent care orders or not? -- Discussion and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 Children's rights and European Court of Human Rights judgments' effects on Norwegian courts and jurisprudence -- Introduction -- The European Court of Human Rights: the reunification goal and contact -- The Supreme Court's interpretation and adaptation -- Changes in practice -- Children's rights in this context -- Introduction -- Freedom from violence and right to care -- Right to health -- Right to development -- Right to family life -- Best interests and the child's views -- The European Court of Human Rights and the child's best interests -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 Implementing international human rights case law at the domestic street level: the case of Norwegian child protection -- Introduction -- Discretion and implementation of judicial policies -- Judicial implementation and change -- The judgments in context -- Methods -- Operationalisation and coding -- Ethical considerations -- Findings and analysis -- Reception: the disrupting and unwelcomed judgments -- Interpretation -- From reception to interpretation: decisions to accept the judicial policy -- Sources of interpretation: the importance of signalling from legal actors and authorities -- Administrative authorities: an insufficient source of interpretation -- Adjustments -- Culture -- Procedures -- Practical and professional. Concluding discussion -- What happened, why and what happens now? -- Limitations -- Notes -- References -- 6 Representations of children in European Court of Human Rights judgments -- Introduction -- The Norwegian child protection system and children's participation rights -- Prior literature -- Research methods -- Findings -- The child as a subject -- The child as an object -- Discussion and conclusions -- Study limitations -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 7 Exploring ethnicity constructs in European Court of Human Rights judgments -- Introduction -- Human rights, children's rights and minoritised groups in Europe and Norway -- Ethnicity, culture and religion -- Methodological approach and data material -- The data -- Data analysis -- Findings -- The case histories -- 'Ethnic Norwegian' as the normative ethnic construct -- Ethnicity as essentialist and demarcated -- Ethnicity as acceptably similar to the norm -- Ethnicity as different and worthy of protection -- Ethnicity as different and potentially dangerous and ethnic separation as a solution -- The European Court of Human Rights' stance -- Discussion and conclusions -- Limitations -- Notes -- References -- PART II Transnational influence of the European Court of Human Rights -- 8 Prioritising the child's best interests: mixed messages in the international human rights arena -- Introduction -- The best interests of the child -- European Convention on Human Rights -- The evolution of European Court thinking on child protection -- Strand Lobben and its progeny -- United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child -- Concluding Observations -- Communications Procedure -- General Comments -- Days of General Discussion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 9 Think of the children! Children's rights as the new frontier in anti-gender contestation -- Introduction. Disinformation universe -- Mobilising the troops: landscape of activism against children's rights -- Contesting children's rights: ideological origins and discursive use -- Human dignity -- Think of the children! -- Key anti-gender actors mobilising on state intervention on child protection -- Multi-pronged advocacy: how anti-gender actors engage in children's rights -- Lawfare in individual cases -- Public awareness campaigns -- Targeting Norway and the 'Nordic model' -- Influencing international norms -- Lifting the veil on the four prominent organisations -- Conclusions: Anti-gender contestation of child protection as a blind spot -- Appendix 9.1 List of data materials used for analysis -- Notes -- References -- 10 When 'bad friends' lobby the court against human rights -- Introduction -- The problem: third-party interventions by bad amicus -- Two theoretical approaches to the margin of appreciation: positivism and discourse theory -- Legal positivism and the MoA -- Discourse theory and the margin of appreciation -- How the different theories cope with bad amicus -- Conclusion: Bad amicus and the threat towards individual dignity -- References -- 11 Mobilised interests, the European Court of Human Rights and children's rights -- Introduction -- Conceptual approach -- Data and methods -- Analysis: the Norwegian case study -- State governments as amicus curiae -- Interest and advocacy groups as amicus curiae -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART III The European Court of Human Rights and its jurisprudence -- 12 Children and rights to identity at the European Court of Human Rights -- Introduction -- The human of human rights who has a personal identity -- A right to personal identity at the European Court of Human Rights -- European Court of Human Rights case law on children and personal identity -- Knowledge of origins. Birth family ties and cultural identity -- Identity documents -- Children's access to information and education -- Girls, young women and Islamic headscarves -- Social conditions for children's identity: living together in equality and broadmindedness -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- 13 Normative considerations about the guiding principles for the European Court of Human Rights allocating custody in child protection -- Introduction -- Considerations on custody and caring for children -- Considerations that underpin any allocation of custody -- Property argument -- Commitment-identity argument -- Attachment argument -- Competency argument -- Balancing various interests -- The fiduciary role -- Discussion -- Strand Lobben and Others v Norway -- The majority: 13 judges -- The minority: dissenting four judges -- The case of Baby M -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 14 The relationship between the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Court of Human Rights in numbers -- Introduction -- The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Convention on Human Rights: uneasy bedfellows? -- Methodology -- General findings -- Subject areas -- General Comments of the Committee on the Rights of the Child -- Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 15 The European Court of Human Rights: an untapped source for advancing child rights? -- Introduction -- The implications of European Court of Human Rights judgments for child protection and child rights -- The parent focus in the European Court of Human Rights -- Third-party interventions and contestation of children's rights and the Nordic model -- The European Court of Human Rights as a vehicle for human rights development: also for children?. Future research. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911028618303321 |
Stein Helland Hege
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| Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2025 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Democratization and the judiciary : the accountability function of courts in new democracies / / edited by Siri Gloppen, Roberto Gargarella, and Elin Skaar
| Democratization and the judiciary : the accountability function of courts in new democracies / / edited by Siri Gloppen, Roberto Gargarella, and Elin Skaar |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Frank Cass Pub., , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
| Disciplina | 340.11 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GloppenSiri
GargarellaRoberto <1964-> SkaarElin |
| Soggetto topico |
Political questions and judicial power
Democratization |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-135-75616-3
1-280-17530-3 0-203-48540-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: The Accountability Function of the Courts in New Democracies; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES; Judicial Review in Developed Democracies; NOTES; How Some Reflections on the United States' Experience May Inform African Efforts to Build Court Systems and the Rule of Law; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; NOTES; The Constitutional Court and Control of Presidential Extraordinary Powers in Colombia; NOTES; The Politics of Judicial Review in Chile in the Era of Democratic Transition, 1990–2002; NOTES
Legitimating Transformation: Political Resource Allocation in the South African Constitutional CourtACKNOWLEDGEMENT; NOTES; The Accountability Function of the Courts in Tanzania and Zambia; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; NOTES; Renegotiating 'Law and Order': Judicial Reform and Citizen Responses in Post-war Guatemala; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES; Economic Reform and Judicial Governance in Brazil: Balancing Independence with Accountability; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES; In Search of a Democratic Justice— |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457675703321 |
| London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Frank Cass Pub., , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Democratization and the judiciary : the accountability function of courts in new democracies / / edited by Siri Gloppen, Roberto Gargarella, and Elin Skaar
| Democratization and the judiciary : the accountability function of courts in new democracies / / edited by Siri Gloppen, Roberto Gargarella, and Elin Skaar |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Frank Cass Pub., , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
| Disciplina | 340.11 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GloppenSiri
GargarellaRoberto <1964-> SkaarElin |
| Soggetto topico |
Political questions and judicial power
Democratization |
| ISBN |
1-135-75615-5
1-135-75616-3 1-280-17530-3 0-203-48540-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: The Accountability Function of the Courts in New Democracies; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES; Judicial Review in Developed Democracies; NOTES; How Some Reflections on the United States' Experience May Inform African Efforts to Build Court Systems and the Rule of Law; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; NOTES; The Constitutional Court and Control of Presidential Extraordinary Powers in Colombia; NOTES; The Politics of Judicial Review in Chile in the Era of Democratic Transition, 1990–2002; NOTES
Legitimating Transformation: Political Resource Allocation in the South African Constitutional CourtACKNOWLEDGEMENT; NOTES; The Accountability Function of the Courts in Tanzania and Zambia; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; NOTES; Renegotiating 'Law and Order': Judicial Reform and Citizen Responses in Post-war Guatemala; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES; Economic Reform and Judicial Governance in Brazil: Balancing Independence with Accountability; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES; In Search of a Democratic Justice— |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784450403321 |
| London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Frank Cass Pub., , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||