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.

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 th...

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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.
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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.