A short thread about our recent publication on the incorporation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child into national law with @ProfLauraLundy @BronaghByrneQUB @LawUCC @childlawucc @ChildRightsQUB 1/7
States around the world are taking action to give further effect to the Convention on the Rights of the Child in national law, including full incorporation of the #CRC and harmonising law and policy. Our book subjects this trend to international and comparative analysis. 2/7
Writing from national perspectives, from Australia to China, Mexico to Scotland, South Africa to Norway, authors explain the diverse and creative ways in which states have implemented and incorporated the #CRC giving children's rights real force and meaning at national level 3/7
What we have learned is that each state finds its own path on the incorporation journey and there are pros and cons to every approach, which must take account of multiple factors. While the picture is one of diversity, political will is key. 4/7
Regardless of which approach is taken, indicators of success include recognising children as rights holders, ensuring rights are justiciable and making children’s rights more visible in public decision-making. 5/7
We have learned that there is real potential to advance #children’s rights by adopting national measures that give legal protection to children’s rights. Incorporation is not a panacea however and implementation of children’s rights remains a work in progress everywhere.6/7
Thanks to all our authors for their considered contributions @nespejoy @KMSonIntlLaw @NeasaNiL @ProfTobinMLS @Bromebyd @LouiseForde @jtodres @askelton_CCL Kirsten Sandberg, Hrefna Friðriksdóttir, Rebecca Thorburn Stern and Hongwei Zhang 7/7
Our publishers @Intersentia were also wonderful and worked with us to make the book accessible and affordable. intersentia.com/en/incorporati…
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