Overview
- Authors:
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Ursula Kilkelly
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School of Law, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Emily Logan
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Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, Dublin, Ireland
- Co-authored by a distinguished professor and Ireland's first Ombudsman for Children
- Outlines the importance of national human rights institutions for monitoring
- Highlights the methodologies, creative and persuasive, that can be used to monitor and implement children’s rights
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xvii
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- Ursula Kilkelly, Emily Logan
Pages 1-12
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- Ursula Kilkelly, Emily Logan
Pages 13-28
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- Ursula Kilkelly, Emily Logan
Pages 29-43
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- Ursula Kilkelly, Emily Logan
Pages 45-63
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- Ursula Kilkelly, Emily Logan
Pages 65-83
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- Ursula Kilkelly, Emily Logan
Pages 85-102
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- Ursula Kilkelly, Emily Logan
Pages 103-122
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- Ursula Kilkelly, Emily Logan
Pages 123-137
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- Ursula Kilkelly, Emily Logan
Pages 139-144
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Back Matter
Pages 145-149
About this book
Following the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 2020, and the creation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, there is increased interest in and a need to develop national human rights’ bodies for children’s rights. This book provides an in-depth look at one domestic independent children’s rights institution: the Irish Ombudsman for Children’s Office, to highlight the learnings for an international audience and the methodologies that can be used to promote and protect children’s rights at a national level. Co-authored by Ireland’s first Ombudsman for Children and a children’s rights professor, the book will present an original and informed analysis of how a national human rights institution can advocate, most effectively, for the rights of children. By using illustrative case studies, the book will highlight how the powers of a national human rights institution can be put to strategic use to address specific children’s rights deficits in areas of child protection, youth detention and public awareness about children’s rights. Each chapter focusses on a case study, identifies a problem, the approach or intervention by the Ombudsman for Children, the outcome and reflects on lessons learned. It ensures that the cases can be extracted, examined and replicated in other jurisdictions by an international community interested in the promotion, monitoring and protection of children’s rights. It speaks to those interested in Human Rights; Children’s Rights; Socio-legal studies, Social Work; Childhood Studies; Administrative Law, Constitutional Law and International Law, and to practitioners and policy-makers in this field.
Authors and Affiliations
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School of Law, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Ursula Kilkelly
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Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, Dublin, Ireland
Emily Logan
About the authors
Ursula Kilkelly is an international children’s rights scholar. Based at the School of Law, University College Cork, Ireland, Ursula has published and researched across all areas of children’s rights – with a focus on children’s rights implementation for over 20 years. She is author of several monographs and edited collections in the area of children’s rights with nearly 100 publications on legal implementation of children’s rights.
Emily Logan has sixteen years experience leading two national human rights institutions; as Ireland’s first Ombudsman for Children and subsequently as Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. She is Adjunct Full Professor at University College Dublin and Adjunct Professor (Human Rights Practice) at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway.
