This book offers important insights into the legal, theoretical and ethical frameworks actualized when the core principles of the CRC such as ‘the best interests of the child’ and ‘the child’s right to be heard’ are to be realized.

Preface – Contrasting Perspectives on Child Rights   Rebecca Adami Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction   Children’s Rights from an International Perspective   Laura Lundy   A Children’s Rights Dilemma – Paternalism versus Autonomy   Noam Peleg Part 1 Legal Challenges Regarding the Rights of the Child 1 Children’s Right to Have Rights – on the Importance of Statutory Rights for Swedish Children Living outside the Country   Johanna Schiratzki   A Response to Johanna Schiratzki   Sandra Karlsson 2 Child Rights without Substance? – Swedish Public Welfare and the Invisibility of Children in Economic Support Cases   Pernilla Leviner and Tim Holappa   A Response to Pernilla Leviner and Tim Holappa   Lars Lindblom 3 Children’s Participation in Legal Proceedings – Conditioned by Adult Views of Children’s Capacity and Credibility?   Anna Kaldal   A Response to Anna Kaldal   Linde Lindkvist 4 Societal Unease and the Right to Non-discrimination for Youths with Foreign Background Who Are in Conflict with the Law   Katrin Lainpelto   A Response to Katrin Lainpelto   Rebecca Adami 5 Children’s Right to Health(Care) – in Light of Medical Advancements and Developments in Paediatric Care   Kavot Zillén   A Response to Kavot Zillén   Margareta Aspán Part 2 Conceptualizing the Rights of the Child Political, Ethical, and Moral Dimensions 6 Childism – on Adult Resistance to Children’s Rights   Rebecca Adami   A Response to Rebecca Adami   Katrin Lainpelto 7 Five Problems with Children’s Participation Rights   Linde Lindkvist   A Response to Linde Lindkvist   Anna Kaldal 8 Distributive Justice for Children   Lars Lindblom   A Response to Lars Lindblom   Pernilla Leviner and Tim Holappa 9 Article 31 – the Forgotten Right to Cultural Life and the Arts   Margareta Aspán   A Response to Margareta Aspán   Kavot Zillén 10 Ethnography of Lived Rights – Methodological and Ethical Considerations when Researching Rights with Children   Sandra Karlsson   A Response to Sandra Karlsson   Johanna Schiratzki Index