Is Anything Left of Children's Rights?

International Journal of Children's Rights

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 624-656

  Erlings, Esther ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

children's rights; deprivation of liberty; echr; parental responsibility; welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993961127     PISSN: 09275568     EISSN: 15718182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15718182-02403008     Document Type: Article

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