Decisional Privacy and the Rights of the Child

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-03-212348-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Research in Human Rights Law

Decisional privacy gives individuals the freedom to act and make decisions about how they live their lives, without unjustifiable interference from other individuals or the state. This book advances a theory of a child’s right to decisional privacy. It draws on the framework of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and extends the work of respected children’s rights scholars to address a significant gap in understanding the interconnections between privacy, family law and children’s rights. It contextualises the theory through a case study: judicial proceedings concerning medical treatment for children experiencing gender dysphoria.

This work argues that recognising a substantive right to decisional privacy for children requires procedural rights that facilitate children’s meaningful participation in decision-making about their best interests. It also argues that, as courts have increasingly encroached upon decision-making regarding children’s medical treatment, they have denied the decisional privacy rights of transgender and gender diverse children.

This book will benefit researchers, students, judicial officers and practitioners in various jurisdictions worldwide grappling with the tensions between children’s rights, parental responsibilities and state duties in relation to children’s best interests, and with the challenge of better enabling and listening to children’s voices in decision-making processes.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dimopoulos, Georgina

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Rechtssoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Familienrecht Sorgerecht, fam. Namensrecht, Abstammung
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Berufs- und Gebührenrecht freie Berufe Rechtsanwälte und Notare
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Note on referencing style
A child-friendly summary

Introduction

PART A: Privacy and Children’s Rights: A Theoretical Perspective
1. The meaning and value of privacy
2. A children’s rights approach to decisional privacy
3. Re-reading court judgments from a children’s rights perspective

PART B: Children’s Right to Decisional Privacy in Practice
4. Medical treatment for gender dysphoria as a ‘special medical procedure’
5. ‘Harsh’ but ‘bound’: re-reading the Full Court’s judgment in Re Jamie
6. The ‘greatest advancement in transgender rights’ for Australian children? Re-reading the Full Court’s judgment in Re Kelvin
7. Validating treatment that ‘goes to the heart of an individual’s identity’: re-reading the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Bell v Tavistock
8. Recognising and respecting children’s right to decisional privacy: conflicts, complexities and opportunities

Conclusion
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Georgina Dimopoulos is a socio-legal researcher and an Australian lawyer who has worked across the higher education sector, government, courts, commercial legal practice and community organisations. She holds a PhD from Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne and is experienced in legal and policy evaluation, and doctrinal, qualitative and empirical research, in the areas of family law and children’s rights.