The topic for this years Forum was “Children and the European Court of Human Rights”, and COPE was specifically invited to participate in order to ensure that the issue of children with imprisoned parents was included, with particular reference to the European Court of Human Rights case of Serce v Romania (No.35049/08) of 30 June … Read More
Year: 2019
The Three P’s
(From: Jan C.M. Willems (ed.), Developmental and Autonomy Rights of Children: Empowering Children, Caregivers and Communities, Intersentia: Antwerp/Oxford/New York, 2002, pp. 191-207 (90-5095-224-0; www.intersentia.com) read the full text here. The Convention on the Rights of the Child has not yet become a living charter for children of imprisoned parents. The shift from prisoners’ rights to those of … Read More
Children outside Prison
(From: Jan C.M. Willems (ed.), Developmental and Autonomy Rights of Children: Empowering Children, Caregivers and Communities, Intersentia: Antwerp/Oxford/New York, 2002, pp. 191-207 (90-5095-224-0; www.intersentia.com) read the full text here. Children show a variety of reactions after the imprisonment of one or both parents, depending on the age of the child, the reactions in the neighbourhood or the … Read More
Children Inside Prison
(From: Jan C.M. Willems (ed.), Developmental and Autonomy Rights of Children: Empowering Children, Caregivers and Communities, Intersentia: Antwerp/Oxford/New York, 2002, pp. 191-207 (90-5095-224-0; www.intersentia.com) read the full text here. Sometimes care-dependent children stay with their mother in prison. The limit of ages and also of the maximum stay differs from country to country. And also the provisions … Read More
Best Interest of the Child
(From: Jan C.M. Willems (ed.), Developmental and Autonomy Rights of Children: Empowering Children, Caregivers and Communities, Intersentia: Antwerp/Oxford/New York, 2002, pp. 191-207 (90-5095-224-0; www.intersentia.com) read the full text here. In Europe, Article 8 ECHR has been used quite often in family cases. It has become clear that family life and private life need to be distinguished. The … Read More
Introduction to child’s rights
(From: Jan C.M. Willems (ed.), Developmental and Autonomy Rights of Children: Empowering Children, Caregivers and Communities, Intersentia: Antwerp/Oxford/New York, 2002, pp. 191-207 (90-5095-224-0; www.intersentia.com) read the full text here. Children of prisoners in general do not enjoy any special rights. Children’s needs are not considered when a parent is sent to prison. When this happens the … Read More