Child protection and the ECHR: Making sense of positive and procedural obligations

dc.contributor.authorO'Mahony, Conor
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-10T11:57:24Z
dc.date.available2020-01-10T11:57:24Z
dc.date.issued2019-11-21
dc.date.updated2020-01-10T11:49:18Z
dc.description.abstractThe European Court of Human Rights has generated a significant volume of case law that imposes demanding standards on States Parties to prevent, investigate and remedy ill-treatment of children at the hands of private actors. However, confusion and inconsistency is evident on a number of key points. Similar cases are decided on different grounds; and the approach to whether the right to an effective remedy under Article 13 has been violated is erratic. This creates uncertainty as to what is required of States to implement judgments, and makes it more difficult for similarly situated victims to vindicate their rights without bringing repetitive applications to Strasbourg. This article provides the first comprehensive treatment of Convention obligations to protect children from ill-treatment. It identifies problematic aspects of the case law, and proffers a more coherent body of principles that would provide greater clarity regarding what the ECHR requires of States Parties in the sphere of child protection, and regarding the measures of implementation required of States in cases where violations are found.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationO'Mahony, C. (2019) 'Child protection and the ECHR: Making sense of positive and procedural obligations', International Journal of Children's Rights, 27(4), pp. 660-693. doi: 10.1163/15718182-02704003en
dc.identifier.doi10.1163/15718182-02704003en
dc.identifier.eissn1571-8182
dc.identifier.endpage693en
dc.identifier.issn0927-5568
dc.identifier.issued4en
dc.identifier.journaltitleInternational Journal of Children's Rightsen
dc.identifier.startpage660en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/9482
dc.identifier.volume27en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBrill Academic Publishersen
dc.relation.urihttps://brill.com/view/journals/chil/27/4/article-p660_660.xml
dc.rights© 2019, Brill Academic Publishers. All rights reserved.en
dc.subjectECHRen
dc.subjectChild protectionen
dc.subjectChild abuseen
dc.subjectChild neglecten
dc.subjectDomestic violenceen
dc.subjectPositive obligationsen
dc.subjectProcedural obligationsen
dc.subjectInvestigationsen
dc.subjectEffective remediesen
dc.subjectChildren's rightsen
dc.titleChild protection and the ECHR: Making sense of positive and procedural obligationsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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