The landmark rulings of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the rights of the child : : protecting the most vulnerable at the edge / / by Mónica Feria Tinta.

• Author: Feria Tinta, Mónica, 1966-
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,, 2008.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: International studies in human rights ; 96; International Studies in Human Rights 96.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (696 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

This is the first comprehensive treatment of the topic of the Rights of the Child as reflected in the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. It reviews all decisions of the Inter-American Court relating to the Rights of the Child and analyses the principles held therein making them available to practitioners, academics and students of this area of the law.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Chapter I. Protecting the Right to Life of At-risk Children: the Street Children Case -- Chapter II. Children as True Legal Persons -- Chapter III. The First International Law Cases Concerning the Protection of Children in Times of War in the World -- Chapter IV. The Right to Nationality and to Equal Protection: Th E Yean and Bosico Children Case -- Chapter V. Consolidating Principles on the Protectionof Children in Internal Armed Conflicts: the Case of the Massacre of Mapiripán and the Case of the Massacres of Ituango vs. Colombia -- Chapter VI. The Protection of Children of Indigenous Peoples: the Case of the Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous Community volume Paraguay -- Chapter VII. The Meaning of the Superior Interest of the Child in Post Conflict Societies: Servellón García and Others vs Honduras -- Chapter VIII. Child Soldiers in Paraguay: the Case of Vargas Areco -- Chapter IX. The Pending Task of Construing the Meaning of the Rights of the Family in the Jurisprudence of the Court -- Chapter X. Reparation in Cases of Violations of Human Rights of Children -- Chapter XI. Upcoming Contentious Cases on Childrens Rights in the System -- Concluding Remarks -- Annexes Instruments -- Other Documents and Materials -- Index.