Index
The Roles of Independent Children's Rights Institutions in Advancing Human Rights of Children
ISBN: 978-1-80117-609-5, eISBN: 978-1-80117-608-8
ISSN: 1537-4661
Publication date: 9 May 2022
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(2022), "Index", Lux, A., Gran, B. and Bass, L.E. (Ed.) The Roles of Independent Children's Rights Institutions in Advancing Human Rights of Children (Sociological Studies of Children and Youth, Vol. 28), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 189-192. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1537-466120220000028014
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Copyright © 2022 Agnes Lux and Brian Gran
INDEX
Ambassador for Children
, 116
American Bar Association (ABA)
, 116
Asylum-seeking children
, 86
Basic Law Rights of Child
, 103
Belgian puzzle as appetizer
, 20–21
Book Eight of Social Code (SGB VIII)
, 98
British and Irish Network of Children’s Commissioners (BINOCC)
, 175–176
Center on Children and Law
, 116
Child Protection Act (CPA)
, 77
Child Rights Impact Assessments (CRIA)
, 15
Child Rights Movement (CRM)
, 138
Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland (CYPSS)
, 5, 12, 13
Children’s Commissioner
, 13, 159
Children’s Commissioner Act
, 161
Children’s Ombudsman Act
, 6, 61, 63
Children’s Rights Festival
, 27
Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD)
, 122
Coalition for Children’s Rights
, 59
Coercive isomorphism
, 171
Commissioner for Children and Young People Scotland (CYPCS)
, 187
Commissioner for Fundamental Rights (CFR Act)
, 77
Comparative Public Organization Database for Research and Analysis (COBRA network)
, 62
Concluding Observations and Recommendations (CORs)
, 136
Constitutional Court (CC)
, 81
Council of Europe (CoE)
, 3, 83, 86
COVID-19 pandemic
, 12, 99
Danish Institute for Human Rights
, 138–139
Danish National Council for Children
, 157
de facto autonomy
, 62
de iure autonomy
, 62
Decoupling
, 169
Department of Equal Opportunities and Children’s Rights (DEOCR)
, 78
Dutch Children’s Ombudsman
, 56, 58
children’s ombudsman
, 57–58
children’s ombudsman in children’s rights landscape
, 64–68
creation of
, 59–60
dimensions of autonomy
, 64
independence and autonomy of
, 62–64
statutory tasks of
, 60–62
Dutch Youth Care system
, 66
Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
, 13
European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI)
, 161
European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC)
, 8, 13, 29, 58, 64, 79, 121, 157, 166, 187
children’s rights within nations
, 175–177
comparison of ICRIs
, 172–174
future
, 177–178
influential staffs of ICRIs and isomorphism
, 171–172
institutions with UNICEF
, 167
isomorphism
, 170–171
promotion of children’s rights
, 166
work of
, 14–15
World Society Approach
, 168–170
Family Protection Act
, 81
Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (FMFSWY)
, 101
Federal Ministry of Human Rights
, 138
Federal Reserve Bank
, 120
Federal Reserve System
, 120
Financial autonomy
, 62
Flemish Children’s Rights Commissioner
, 20, 22
Flemish Commissioner for Children’s Rights
, 21
Flemish model
, 21–24
Fundamental Law
, 78, 81–82, 85–86
General Comment (GC)
, 2, 41–42, 96
German Human Rights Institute (GIHR)
, 96
assessment of children’s rights indicators
, 100–101
children’s rights
, 103–105
children’s rights in Germany
, 97
implementation of effective complaint mechanism
, 102–103
implementation of UN CRC
, 101–102
UN CRC in Germany
, 98–100
Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)
, 140, 154
Human Rights Cell
, 133
Hungarian ombudsman
, 76
Commissioner for Civil Rights
, 76
Commissioner for Fundamental Rights
, 77
Fundamental Law
, 77
level of protection of children’s rights
, 78–83
non-discrimination–rights of vulnerable children
, 83–87
Independent children’s rights institution (ICRI)
, 1, 12, 56, 115, 138, 140, 141, 154, 156, 166, 185, 186, 188
establishment
, 3–8
national
, 116–119, 121–126
need
, 12–14
state-level
, 126
with UNCRC
, 155–156
Independent Human Rights Institutions (IHRIs)
, 2, 5
Inter-American Foundation (IAF)
, 120
Ireland’s Ombudsman for Children
, 40
complaints handling and investigations
, 47–50
International Standards on National Children’s Rights Institutions
, 41–42
Irish model–Ombudsman for Children
, 42
Ombudsman’s advisory role
, 43–47
Ombudsman’s use of soft power
, 50–52
Paris Principles
, 43
Irish Ombudsman for Children
, 40
Isomorphism
, 170–171
Job of lifetime
awareness of children’s rights
, 30
Belgian puzzle as appetizer
, 20–21
children’s rights in youth care
, 30–31
CRC Committee
, 25–26
ENOC growing
, 29–30
evaluation
, 31–34
Flemish Children’s Rights Commissioner
, 20
Flemish model
, 21–24
Parliament’s agenda
, 26–29
public official appointment procedure
, 24–25
work on content
, 25–26
Juvenile Law Center
, 124
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)
, 132
Kinderrechtencollectief (see Coalition for Children’s Rights)
“Kinderrechtencommissariaat”
, 22
LGBTQI children and young people
, 85–86
Logic of industrialism (see Modernization thesis)
Managerial autonomy
, 62
“Megaphone”
, 27
“Migration package”
, 99
Mimetic isomorphism
, 171
Ministry of Education
, 78
Ministry of Human Rights of Pakistan
, 133
Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
, 133
Modernization thesis
, 117
Municipal Children’s Ombudsmen
, 66–68
National Commission for Child Welfare and Development (NCCWD)
, 133
child rights in Pakistan
, 134–135
National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR)
, 136
National Commission on Human Rights Act (NCHRA)
, 7, 136, 141–146
National Commission on Rights of Child (NCRC)
, 136
CRC Committee
, 137
GC2 in relation of NHRIs
, 138–141
NCRCA
, 138, 141
NCRCA and NCHRA
, 141–146
Paris Principles
, 138–141
UNCRC
, 136
National Commission on Rights of Child Act (NCRCA)
, 136, 138, 141–146
and NCHRA
, 141–146
National CRPD Monitoring Mechanism (N-CRPD-MM)
, 98–99
National Human Rights Commission Act (NHRCA)
, 138
National human rights institutions (NHRI)
, 12, 41, 56, 76, 96, 138, 174
National Ombudsman Act (NOA)
, 61, 63
Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI)
, 161
New Institutionalism
, 166, 169, 170
“No-one-size fits all” approach
, 3
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
, 56, 65–66
Normative isomorphism
, 171
Ombudsman for Children Act
, 40, 42
“One-size-fits-all” approach
, 3
Optional Protocol to Convention Against Torture, National Preventive Mechanism (OPCAT NPM)
, 78
Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture, National Preventive Mechanism (OPCAT NPM)
, 78
Para-parliamentary institution
, 21
Paris Principles
, 120–121, 154
Policy autonomy
, 62–63
Political institutionalism
, 118
Political power resources
, 117
Prison Policy Initiative
, 124
Provincial Commissions for Child Welfare & Development (PCCWD)
, 136
“Quasi-judicial competence”
, 43
Republican Presidential administration
, 119
Roma Education Fund
, 84
“Roundtable Talks”
, 76
Scots Law
, 16
Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC)
, 13
Scottish national law
, 5
Scottish Parliament
, 16
Sentencing Project
, 124
“Sight and sound rule”
, 124
Social Welfare Department (SWD)
, 136
Soft power
, 30, 40, 44, 46–47
Ombudsman’s use of
, 50–52
Soft powers
, 30, 187
State Parties
, 2
Structural autonomy
, 62–63, 68, 139
Sub-committee on Accreditation (SCA)
, 156
Sub-Committee on Accreditation of Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI SCA)
, 77
UN Committee Against Torture
, 51
UN Committee on Rights of Child (CRC Committee)
, 2, 4, 14, 25–26, 40, 42, 56, 96, 154, 166
CRC Monitoring Mechanism
, 97
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD)
, 84
UN Paris Principles
, 2, 56, 58, 63
Unaccompanied minors (UAMs)
, 86
United Nations Convention on Rights of Child (UNCRC)
, 2, 12, 21, 40, 41, 56, 116, 187, 154 166
accreditation of NHRIs
, 159–160
geographical distribution
, 160–162
ICRIs framework with
, 155–156
ICRIs with
, 156
incorporation into domestic Scots Law
, 16
stand-alone vs. integrated ICRIs
, 157–159
work of
, 14–15
United Nations Member States
, 12
United States Ombudsperson
, 115
ICRIs
, 120–121
independent institutions
, 119–120
national ICRI
, 116–119, 121–126
national ICRI on international stage
, 127
National US ICRI
, 126–127
state-level ICRIs
, 126
US Children’s Defense Fund
, 116
Vienna Principles
, 120, 121
“Whole child” approach
, 7
World Conference on Human Rights
, 120
World Polity Approach (see World Society Approach)
World Society Approach
, 166, 168–170
Youth Act
, 66
- Prelims
- Introduction
- Section 1: Children’s Ombudsperson’s Perspectives of Their Work and Its Impacts
- Chapter 1: “Be Bold, Be Brave, Speak Out”: The Role of the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland (CYPCS) During the Pandemic
- Chapter 2: The Job of a Lifetime: Looking Back on My Years as a Children’s Rights Commissioner (1998–2009)
- Section 2: Children’s Ombudspersons Working in Europe
- Chapter 3: Ireland’s Ombudsman for Children – Combining Power and Influence to Advance Children’s Rights
- Chapter 4: How to Research Independent Children’s Rights Institutions: Lessons Learned from the Evaluation of the Dutch Children’s Ombudsman
- Chapter 5: Analysis of the Performance of the Hungarian Ombudsman Related to Children’s Rights Through the Lens of the UN CRC’s Four Guiding Principles
- Chapter 6: The Role of the NHRI in Germany
- Section 3: Children’s Ombudspersons in the United States and Pakistan
- Chapter 7: Why the United States Needs a National Children’s Rights Ombudsperson
- Chapter 8: The Founding Law of Pakistan’s National Commission on the Rights of the Child: Legal Challenges, Bureaucratic Barriers, and Vague Opportunities
- Section 4: ICRIs’ Engagement in the UN CRC Monitoring Mechanisms and Questions of Independence
- Chapter 9: International Monitoring of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Assessing the Engagement of Independent Children’s Rights Institutions
- Chapter 10: The European Network of Ombudspersons for Children: Key Influences in Children’s Rights Promotion
- Section 5: Conclusions
- Chapter 11: Conclusions: A Big Picture of Independent Children’s Rights Institutions
- Index