This handbook is designed for non-specialist legal professionals, judges, public prosecutors, child protection authorities, and other practitioners and organisations responsible for ensuring the legal protection of the rights of the child. It explains key jurisprudence, summarising major rulings of both the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights.
In this report:
- Introduction to European law relating to the rights of the child: context and key principles
- Civil rights and freedoms
- Equality and non-discrimination
- Personal identity issues
- Family life
- Alternative care to family care and adoption
- Child protection against violence and exploitation
- Economic, social and cultural rights and adequate standard of living
- Migration and asylum
- Personal data and consumer protection
- Children’s rights within criminal justice and alternative (non-judicial) proceedings