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This volume constitutes a commentary on Article 8 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is part of the series, A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which provides an article by article analysis of all substantive, organizational and procedural provisions of the CRC and its two Optional Protocols. For every article, a comparison with related human rights provisions is made, followed by an in-depth exploration of the nature and scope of State obligations deriving from that article. The series constitutes an essential tool for actors in the field of children’s rights, including academics, students, judges, grassroots workers, governmental, non- governmental and international officers. The series is sponsored by the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office.
Price: $127.00
Pages: 34
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill | Nijhoff
Publication Date:
09 August 2006
ISBN: 9789004148642
Format: Paperback
Jaap E. Doek is Emeritus Professor of Law (Family and Juvenile Law) at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam (since July 2004). He has been the Dean of the Law Faculty at the Vrije Universiteit (1988–1992). From 1998–2003 he was an Extraordinary Professor of Juvenile Law at the University of Leiden. Currently he is a Deputy Justice in the Court of Appeal of Amsterdam and he has been a juvenile court judge in the district court of Alkmaar and The Hague (1978–1985). He is (since May 2001) the Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.