Journal article
Putting children first? Children’s interests as a primary consideration in public law
- Abstract:
- The interests of children have often been neglected in public decision-making, in response the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child requires those children’s interests to be made a ‘primary consideration’ decisions concerning them. Recent developments in case law and legislation have ensured that this duty is now an established requirement in a wide range of policy areas. Nonetheless, as the breadth of the duty has expanded, so uncertainty as to its precise basis and flexibility as to its requirements has threatened to undermine its utility. The duty has the potential to improve decision-making for children but only if focus is maintained on the importance of making children’s interests visible in a system designed for adults.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Jordan Publishing
- Journal:
- Child and Family Law Quarterly More from this journal
- Volume:
- 28
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 45-65
- Publication date:
- 2016-01-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-01-11
- ISSN:
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1742-6618
- Pubs id:
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pubs:611461
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uuid:727169cb-1714-42bf-91ba-6a88058384b7
- Local pid:
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pubs:611461
- Source identifiers:
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611461
- Deposit date:
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2016-03-23
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- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- This article is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license. The final version is availale online from Family Law at: https://www.familylaw.co.uk/news_and_comment/putting-children-first-children-s-interests-as-a-primary-consideration-in-public-law
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