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Children’s Constitutional Rights in the Nordic Countries: Do Constitutional Rights Matter?
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2019-12-02)
This chapter consists of a comparative analyses of children’s constitutional rights in the Nordic countries. First, we analyse children’s constitutional rights in general in the Nordic countries to assess if and how a Constitution is in line with the child’s rights approach of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (crc). We build on a model developed by Conor O’Mahony that measures the protection ...
Constitutional Rights for Children in Norway
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2019-12-02)
In this chapter, I present and discuss the status of children’s rights in the Norwegian Constitution. The Constitution was amended in 2014 when a new bill of rights was added. The provisions are strongly influenced by international law and, when it comes to children, especially by the general principle of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (crc). I give an overview of the process leading up ...