Roles of Independent Children's Rights Institutions in Advancing Human Rights of Children (PDF)

Preface; Maria Herczog

Introduction: Agnes Lux and Brian Gran

Section 1. Children's Ombudsperson's Perspectives of their Work and its Impacts

Chapter 1. 'Be Bold, Be Brave, Speak Out': The Role of the Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland (CYPCS) during the Pandemic; Bruce Adamson and Gina Wilson

Chapter 2. The Job of a Lifetime: Looking back on my years as a Children's Rights Commissioner (1998 - 2009); Ankie Vandekerckhove

Section 2. Children's Ombudspersons Working in Europe

Chapter 3. Ireland's Ombudsman for Children - Combining Power and Influence to Advance Children's Rights; Ursula Kilkelly and Emily Logan

Chapter 4. How to Research Independent Children's Rights Institutions: Lessons Learned from the Evaluation of the Dutch Children's Ombudsman; Katrien Klep, Stephanie Rap, and Valérie Pattyn

Chapter 5. Analysis of the Performance of the Hungarian Ombudsman Related to Children's Rights Through the Lens of the UN CRC's Four Guiding Principles; Agnes Lux

Chapter 6. The Role of the NHRI in Germany; Rita Richter Nunes

Section 3. Children's Ombudspersons in Pakistan and the United States

Chapter 7. Why the United States needs A National Children's Rights Ombudsperson; Brian Gran

Chapter 8. The Founding Law of Pakistan's National Commission on The Rights of The Child: Legal Challenges, Bureaucratic Barriers and Vague Opportunities; Abdullah Khoso and Umbreen Kousar

Section 4. ICRIs 'Engagement in the UNCRC Monitoring Mechanisms and Questions of Independence

Chapter 9. International Monitoring of The United Nations Convention on The Rights of the Child: Assessing the Engagement of the Independent Children's Rights Institutions; Zsuzsanna Rutai

Chapter 10. The European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC): Key Influences on Children's Rights Promotion; Robin Shura and Brian Gran

Section 5. Conclusions

Chapter 11. Conclusions: A Big Picture of Independent Children's Rights Institutions'; Agnes Lux and Brian Gran