Child Protection and the European Court of Human Rights

Hege Stein Helland is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Government and the Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism at the University of Bergen. Marit Skivenes is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Government and the Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism at the University of Bergen. Siri Gloppen is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Government and the Centre for Law & Social Transformation at the University of Bergen.

“An important book which considers the European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence in child protection matters. This is an area that has largely been overlooked.” Samantha Davey, University of Essex

• 1. Children’s Rights Under Pressure: Norway, the European Court of Human Rights, and the Challenges to Welfare State Legitimacy - Hege Stein Helland, Marit Skivenes and Siri GloppenPart 1: The European Court of Human Rights from a national perspective2. Are the child welfare cases against Norway in the European Court of Human Rights unique? - Marius Emberland3. Child Protection and the European Court of Human Rights – the case of Finland and Article 8 - Raija Huhtanen and Tarja Pösö4. Children's rights and the ECtHR judgements’ effects on Norwegian Courts and jurisprudence - Kirsten Sandberg5. Implementing International Human Rights Case Law at the Domestic Street-Level: The Case of Norwegian Child Protection - Hege Stein Helland6. Representations of children in ECtHR judgments - Katrin Križ and Daniela Reimer7. Exploring ethnicity constructs in ECtHR judgments - Daniela Reimer, Katrin Križ, Mary Burns, Gabriela Serra, and Kerry SheaPart 2: Transnational influence of the European Court of Human Rights 8. Prioritising the Child’s Best Interests: Mixed Messages in the International Human Rights Arena - Elaine E. Sutherland9. Think of the Children! Children’s Rights as the New Frontier in Anti-gender Contestation - Neil Datta10. When “Bad Friends” Lobby the Court against Human Rights - Asgeir Falch-Eriksen11. Mobilised Interests, the ECtHR and Children's Rights - Rachel Cichowski and Elizabeth ChrunPart 3: The European Court of Human Rights and its jurisprudence12. Children and Rights to Identity at the European Court of Human Rights - Jill Marshall 13. Normative considerations about the guiding principles for the European Court of Human Rights allocating custody in child protection - David Archard and Marit Skivenes14. The Relationship Between the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and The European Court of Human Rights in Numbers - Claire Fenton-Glynn15. The European Court of Human Rights – an untapped source for advancing child rights? - Hege Stein Helland, Marit Skivenes and Siri Gloppen