Child-friendly Justice: A Quarter of a Century of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Child-friendly Justice assesses how the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has affected the development of child law and the promotion of children’s rights in the past twenty-five years. Its 24 studies probe a broad variety of issues relating to children’s contact with civil, administrative and criminal justice systems, the protection of child integrity and their right to participation, information and proper representation.

The contributors - all experts on child-related matters - represent international organisations, academia and NGOs. They provide a clear picture of the origins of the current problems in realising child-friendly justice, and they discuss possible solutions.

Said Mahmoudi, LL.D. (1987), is Professor of International Law at Stockholm University. He has widely published on various issues of international law. His research focus in recent years has been on human rights with particular focus on the situation in Muslim States.

Pernilla Leviner, LL.D. (2011), is Associate Professor of Public Law at Stockholm University. Her research interests lie within and on the border of the fields of public and family law, and more specifically the societal responsibility of protecting children from harm and neglect. Among her publications is a monograph on the legal dilemmas within the Swedish child protection system and the difficult balancing act between children’s rights to protection and the fundamental rights to private and family life.

Anna Kaldal, LL.D. (2010), is Associate Professor of Procedural Law at Stockholm University. She is the author of a monograph on risk analyses in cases relating to custody of the children. Her research interests include the right of the child, in particular in legal proceedings, gathering and evaluating statements given by a child and decision-making in family and child protection cases.

Katrin Lainpelto, LL.D. (2012), is Senior Lecturer in Procedural Law at Stockholm University. Her research interests include procedural and evidential matters concerning crimes against women, children, youth, and other vulnerable groups. She has authored a monograph on the legal evaluation of corroborating evidence in child sexual abuse cases.