A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 6: The Right to Life, Survival and Development

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-90-04-14559-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 52 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 136 g

Reihe: A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

This volume constitutes a commentary on Article 6 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, guaranteeing the right to life, survival and development. 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nowak, Manfred

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Abbreviations;
Author Biography;
Text of Article 6 of the CRC;
Chapter One. Introduction;
Chapter Two. Comparison with Related International Human Rights Provision;
Chapter Three. Scope of Article 6;
1. Travaux Préparatoires;
2. Article 6 as one of the General Principles of the CRC;
3. The ‘Inherent’ Right to Life;
4. Obligation to Respect the Right to Life;
4.1. Death Penalty;
4.2. Armed Conflict;
4.3. Deprivation of Life by State Security Forces;
5. Obligation to Protect the Right to Life;
5.1. Homicide;
5.2. Abortion;
5.3. Infanticide;
5.4. Harmful Traditional Practices;
5.5. Other Forms of Violence, Abuse and Exploitation Endangering the Right to Life;
6. Obligation to Fulfil the Right to Life;
6.1. The Role of the Parents;
6.2. Registration of Children;
6.3. Suicide;
6.4. Traffic Accidents and Street Violence;
6.5. Infant and Child Mortality;
6.6. Obligation to Fulfil the Healthy Development of the Child;
6.7. Right to Development and Eradication of Poverty.

Über Autor(innen)

Manfred Nowak is Director of the Ludwig Bolzmann Institute of Human Rights at the University of Vienna, and UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.