The Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory online database of case commentaries primarily refers to the decisions of the Committee on the Rights of the Child under CRC OP3. In addition, the database contains case commentaries on children's rights jurisprudence of other human rights bodies that add value to the field.
A missed opportunity to bring in a gendered approach to sexual abuse in the context of age-assessment procedures of unaccompanied minors in Spain
Case Note 2021/7Placing protective custody for unaccompanied children at the forefront
Case Note 2021/6Procedural rights for children below the age of criminal responsibility in the pretrial stage of proceedings
Case Note 2021/5The risk of a child being subjected to irreparable (psychological) harm when returned to an environment hostile to LGBTI families and a deficient best interests consideration in asylum proceedings
Case Note 2021/4French Children in Syrian Camps: the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Jurisdictional Quagmire
Case Note 2021/3Deportation of three children and their mother to China
Case Note 2021/2Rights of accompanied children in asylum proceedings: the challenges of a holistic approach and high quality decision-making
Case Note 2021/1Exclusion from voting on the basis of age
Case Note 2020/4Right to maintain personal relations and direct contact with the father
Case Note 2020/3Unaccompanied migrant and asylum seekers’ children in age determination procedures, in need of child protection and care, and subjected to migration-related detention and/or deportation measures
Case Note 2020/2