provisions for protection of children
"Representing Children Worldwide," a new Law School website, presents a global snapshot of international legal provisions to guarantee children's right to express views freely in child protective proceedings.
Launched on Dec. 1, "Representing Children Worldwide" is the first comprehensive review of how children's voices are heard in child protective proceedings. The project is the result of a year-and-a-half of extensive research conducted by Jean Koh Peters, clinical professor of law, and a team of Law School students and affiliates.
The website provides a summary of the practices of each of the 194 signatories to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child and the 56 jurisdictions within the United States, as well as background information on each jurisdiction's child protective practices, and web resources and contact information for further research. The website uses an easy-to-navigate interface to guide users to the listing for each jurisdiction.
For many countries, the statutes are presented in their original language, as well as in English, to make them as useful as possible for advocates and researchers around the world.
"I'm hoping that scholars and activists will use 'Representing Children Worldwide' as a starting place for research," says Peters. She points out that the drive to have children be heard in court proceedings is a recent phenomenon, and many countries are implementing such practices for the first time.
People considering legislative change could benefit from comparing the different approaches described by Representing Children Worldwide. Peters adds, "But I would feel happiest if I found out it was actually helpful to individual practitioners, and thereby helped individual children's voices be heard better."
Thirty-seven students and affiliates worked with Peters, spending dozens of hours researching each jurisdiction. Numerous others contributed advice, insight, translation services and technical expertise.
"Representing Children Worldwide" can be viewed at www.law.yale.edu/rcw.
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