The weight of the child's view (article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child)

International Journal of Children's Rights

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 501-513

  Krappmann, Lothar ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UN Committee on the Rights of the Child   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

administrative procedure; decision making; due weight; evolving capacities; judicial procedure; parental rights; participation; right to be heard

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650152704     PISSN: 09275568     EISSN: 15718182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157181810X528021     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child http://www.africa-union.org/child/home.htm.
2. CRC (Committee on the Rights of the Child), General Comment no. 12(2009): The right of the child to be heard (UN document CRC/C/GC/12).
3. CRC (Committee on the Rights of the Child), General Comment no. 5(2005): Implementing child rights in early childhood (UN document CRC/C/GC/7/Rev. 1).
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5. OHCHR (Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights), Legislative History of the Convention on the Rights of the Child Vol. I (New York and Geneva: United Nations, 2007).
6. United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child http://www2.ohchr. org/english/bodies/crc/index.htm
7. UNCRC, UNICEF and the BvLF (United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF and Bernard van Leer Foundation), A guide to General Comment 7: "Implementing child rights in early childhood" (The Hague: Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2006).
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