Add to ORKGThe authors, a retired British Columbia Supreme Court judge and a senior member of Ontario’s Office of the Children’s Lawyer, address the important issue of legal representation for children. They are co-chairs of the Steering Committee which guided the development of the Canadian Bar Association’s new and comprehensive Child Rights Toolkit. As such, they are well-placed to discuss how a child rights approach, as required by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to which Canada is a ratifying party, supports legal representation for children who find themselves caught in contentious family law proceedings before the courts
Children are very important to the future of Canadian society. In addition to being one of the most ...
This article explores children’s participation and their right to be heard in Quebec’s child protect...
The author reflects upon images of children underlying the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child ...
The authors, a retired British Columbia Supreme Court judge and a senior member of Ontario’s Office ...
Legal representation is fundamentally, important to children and young people: it has the potential ...
In the debate on child participation in family law proceedings, a pertinent question is whether or n...
In the debate on child participation in family law proceedings, a pertinent question is whether or n...
Children are commonly recognized as separate human beings with individual views and wishes worthy of...
Many children in the UK are subjects of family proceedings. For example 136,332 children were involv...
The principle 'best interests of the child' has been expanded by the legal community in recent years...
In Australia, lawyers are appointed by courts to represent a child’s best interests in private famil...
Ascertaining children’s wishes/views in family law proceedings is a well-established statutory princ...
The rights of children in youth justice and civil court proceedings, and in particular the right of ...
This book examines whether and how children should be involved in the process of resolving family la...
Children are very important to the future of Canadian society. In addition to being one of the most ...
Children are very important to the future of Canadian society. In addition to being one of the most ...
This article explores children’s participation and their right to be heard in Quebec’s child protect...
The author reflects upon images of children underlying the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child ...
The authors, a retired British Columbia Supreme Court judge and a senior member of Ontario’s Office ...
Legal representation is fundamentally, important to children and young people: it has the potential ...
In the debate on child participation in family law proceedings, a pertinent question is whether or n...
In the debate on child participation in family law proceedings, a pertinent question is whether or n...
Children are commonly recognized as separate human beings with individual views and wishes worthy of...
Many children in the UK are subjects of family proceedings. For example 136,332 children were involv...
The principle 'best interests of the child' has been expanded by the legal community in recent years...
In Australia, lawyers are appointed by courts to represent a child’s best interests in private famil...
Ascertaining children’s wishes/views in family law proceedings is a well-established statutory princ...
The rights of children in youth justice and civil court proceedings, and in particular the right of ...
This book examines whether and how children should be involved in the process of resolving family la...
Children are very important to the future of Canadian society. In addition to being one of the most ...
Children are very important to the future of Canadian society. In addition to being one of the most ...
This article explores children’s participation and their right to be heard in Quebec’s child protect...
The author reflects upon images of children underlying the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child ...