Conference volume "Right to a future - Rights of a Child" published
The international conference on "Rights of the Child", which took place at the University of Lucerne in March 2024, has resulted in a conference volume. The final series of articles has now been published in the "Review of Law & Social Change".
The Center for Comparative Constitutional Law and Religion, together with the Institute of Social Ethics ISE, organized a two-day conference in March 2024 to mark the 35th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The conference aimed to explore the current landscape of children’s rights and explore needed reforms in the area. It did so by bringing together scholars and professionals across a host of disciplines, including ethics, law, medicine, philosophy, and theology. Attendees discussed—among other topics—how religious institutions, social media networks, media, and the growing parental rights movement affect discourse about the best interests of the child, as described in Article 3 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The international conference on children’s rights yielded three different symposia in distinguished American law journals. These are the Berkeley Journal of International Law, Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review, and N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change.
N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change
Volume 51 / März 2025, URL
The N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change symposium includes five essays, by Professors Emily Buss (How Do We Decide What is in Children’s Best Interests), Roman Zinigrad (Parental Rights Are Wrong: Toward a Regulatory Model of Parental Authority in Education), Mary McAleese (The Rights of the Child in the Catholic Church), Sara Rubinelli & Nicola Diviani (Safeguarding Childhood in the Digital Age: The Imperative of Digital Health Literacy to Combat Sharenting Risks), and Maria del Rocio Franch Oviedo (Participation Rights and Best Interests of the Child. Media Influence and Parental Advocacy in End-of-life Decisions).
Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review
Dezember 2024, URL
The Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review symposium includes three articles, by Professors Adrian Loretan (Sexualized Violence against Children), Cristina Traina (Children and Moral Agency), and Hille Haker (Children’s Right to a Future ).
Berkeley Journal of International Law
Dezember 2024/ Januar 2025, URL
Finally, the Berkeley Journal of International Law includes three articles, by Professors Peter Kirchschlaeger (Artificial Intelligence—an Analysis from the Rights of the Child Perspective), Stefanie Uhl (Education about Human Rights is a Human Right), and Elena Namli (The Duty-Bearers of the Rights of the Child).
