Title: The Proposed Children's Rights Amendment: Running to Stand Still?
Abstract: It has long been recognised that the protection afforded to children’s rights by the Irish Constitution is inadequate. Although children are not completely unprotected by its provisions, the failure of the Constitution to recognise the independent rights of children has had the effect of rendering children’s rights invisible in a wide variety of areas. This problem has been exacerbated by the extent to which parents’ rights supercede those of their children, the superior position of the family based on marriage and the sometimes limited nature of the rights of children in and to education. After a long wait, the Government published its proposals to amend the Constitution to incorporate the rights of children in February 2007. This article explains the background to these proposals, discusses their merits and draws conclusions as to their likely impact if adopted.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-02-28
Language: en
Type: article
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