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The Rights of the Child
Legal, Political and Ethical Challenges
Series:
How can human rights for children born outside their national jurisdiction with parents deemed as terrorists be safeguarded? In what ways do children risk being discriminated in their welfare rights in Sweden when treated as invisible part of a family? How can we do research on children’s rights in not just ethically sensitive ways but also with respect for children as rights subjects? And what could be a theory on social justice for children? These are questions discussed in studies from different disciplines concerning children’s international human rights, with a special focus on the realization of the CRC in Sweden.
Rebecca Adami, PhD 2014 Stockholm University, is Associate Professor at the Department of Education, SU. Together with K. Dineen, she published the article “Discourses of Childism: How COVID-19 Has Unveiled Prejudice, Discrimination and Social Injustice against Children in the Everyday” (
The International Journal of Children’s Rights, Vol 29, Issue 2, pp.353-370, Brill/Nijhoff).
Anna Kaldal, PhD 2010 Stockholm University, is Professor at the Department of Law at that university. She published ”Barnets bästa i vårdnadstvister – särskilt principen om barnets bästa och barnets rätt att komma till tals, in Åhman, Leviner & Zillén (ed) Barnkonventionen i praktiken Rättsliga utmaningar och möjligheter” (Norstedts juridik, 2020).
Margareta Aspán, PhD in Education, 2009, is Senior lecturer at the Department of child and youth studies, Stockholm university, since 2014. She published "Janusz Korczak och Ellen Key – tankar om barnet är tankar om människan. S. & R- M. Hartman (red.) Fostran med kärlek och respekt, Janusz Korszaks pedagogik, 50 år i Sverige” (Svenska Korczaksällskapets skriftserie, nr 5, 2022).
Anna Kaldal, PhD 2010 Stockholm University, is Professor at the Department of Law at that university. She published ”Barnets bästa i vårdnadstvister – särskilt principen om barnets bästa och barnets rätt att komma till tals, in Åhman, Leviner & Zillén (ed) Barnkonventionen i praktiken Rättsliga utmaningar och möjligheter” (Norstedts juridik, 2020).
Margareta Aspán, PhD in Education, 2009, is Senior lecturer at the Department of child and youth studies, Stockholm university, since 2014. She published "Janusz Korczak och Ellen Key – tankar om barnet är tankar om människan. S. & R- M. Hartman (red.) Fostran med kärlek och respekt, Janusz Korszaks pedagogik, 50 år i Sverige” (Svenska Korczaksällskapets skriftserie, nr 5, 2022).
Preface – Contrasting Perspectives on Child Rights
Rebecca Adami
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Children’s Rights from an International Perspective
Laura Lundy
A Children’s Rights Dilemma – Paternalism versus Autonomy
Noam Peleg
Part 1
Legal Challenges Regarding the Rights of the Child
1 Children’s Right to Have Rights – on the Importance of Statutory Rights for Swedish Children Living outside the Country
Johanna Schiratzki
A Response to Johanna Schiratzki
Sandra Karlsson
2 Child Rights without Substance? – Swedish Public Welfare and the Invisibility of Children in Economic Support Cases
Pernilla Leviner and Tim Holappa
A Response to Pernilla Leviner and Tim Holappa
Lars Lindblom
3 Children’s Participation in Legal Proceedings – Conditioned by Adult Views of Children’s Capacity and Credibility?
Anna Kaldal
A Response to Anna Kaldal
Linde Lindkvist
4 Societal Unease and the Right to Non-discrimination for Youths with Foreign Background Who Are in Conflict with the Law
Katrin Lainpelto
A Response to Katrin Lainpelto
Rebecca Adami
5 Children’s Right to Health(Care) – in Light of Medical Advancements and Developments in Paediatric Care
Kavot Zillén
A Response to Kavot Zillén
Margareta Aspán
Part 2
Conceptualizing the Rights of the Child Political, Ethical, and Moral Dimensions
6 Childism – on Adult Resistance to Children’s Rights
Rebecca Adami
A Response to Rebecca Adami
Katrin Lainpelto
7 Five Problems with Children’s Participation Rights
Linde Lindkvist
A Response to Linde Lindkvist
Anna Kaldal
8 Distributive Justice for Children
Lars Lindblom
A Response to Lars Lindblom
Pernilla Leviner and Tim Holappa
9 Article 31 – the Forgotten Right to Cultural Life and the Arts
Margareta Aspán
A Response to Margareta Aspán
Kavot Zillén
10 Ethnography of Lived Rights – Methodological and Ethical Considerations when Researching Rights with Children
Sandra Karlsson
A Response to Sandra Karlsson
Johanna Schiratzki
Index
Rebecca Adami
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Children’s Rights from an International Perspective
Laura Lundy
A Children’s Rights Dilemma – Paternalism versus Autonomy
Noam Peleg
Part 1
Legal Challenges Regarding the Rights of the Child
1 Children’s Right to Have Rights – on the Importance of Statutory Rights for Swedish Children Living outside the Country
Johanna Schiratzki
A Response to Johanna Schiratzki
Sandra Karlsson
2 Child Rights without Substance? – Swedish Public Welfare and the Invisibility of Children in Economic Support Cases
Pernilla Leviner and Tim Holappa
A Response to Pernilla Leviner and Tim Holappa
Lars Lindblom
3 Children’s Participation in Legal Proceedings – Conditioned by Adult Views of Children’s Capacity and Credibility?
Anna Kaldal
A Response to Anna Kaldal
Linde Lindkvist
4 Societal Unease and the Right to Non-discrimination for Youths with Foreign Background Who Are in Conflict with the Law
Katrin Lainpelto
A Response to Katrin Lainpelto
Rebecca Adami
5 Children’s Right to Health(Care) – in Light of Medical Advancements and Developments in Paediatric Care
Kavot Zillén
A Response to Kavot Zillén
Margareta Aspán
Part 2
Conceptualizing the Rights of the Child Political, Ethical, and Moral Dimensions
6 Childism – on Adult Resistance to Children’s Rights
Rebecca Adami
A Response to Rebecca Adami
Katrin Lainpelto
7 Five Problems with Children’s Participation Rights
Linde Lindkvist
A Response to Linde Lindkvist
Anna Kaldal
8 Distributive Justice for Children
Lars Lindblom
A Response to Lars Lindblom
Pernilla Leviner and Tim Holappa
9 Article 31 – the Forgotten Right to Cultural Life and the Arts
Margareta Aspán
A Response to Margareta Aspán
Kavot Zillén
10 Ethnography of Lived Rights – Methodological and Ethical Considerations when Researching Rights with Children
Sandra Karlsson
A Response to Sandra Karlsson
Johanna Schiratzki
Index
This book will provide students, practitioners, professionals, and scholars interested in the rights of the child with an interdisciplinary lens to explore crucial issues concerning core challenges of realizing human rights for children.