Part I. Human rights institutions- Global and Irish Models.- Chapter 1. National Human Rights Institutions – International experience.- Chapter 2. The Irish model – Ombudsman for Children’s office.- Part II. Monitoring Children's rights- Three Case Studies.- Chapter 3. Violence against children.- Chapter 4. Children in Detention.- Chapter 5. International protection and separated children.- Part III. Promoting Children's rights.- Chapter 6. Advising government and legislatures on legislation.- Chapter 7. Raising awareness of children’s rights.- Chapter 8. Conclusion.
Ursula Kilkelly is an international children’s rights scholar. Based at the School of Law, University College Cork, Ireland, Ursula has published and researched across all areas of children’s rights – with a focus on children’s rights implementation for over 20 years. She is author of several monographs and edited collections in the area of children’s rights with nearly 100 publications on legal implementation of children’s rights.
Emily Logan has sixteen years experience leading two national human rights institutions; as Ireland’s first Ombudsman for Children and subsequently as Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. She is Adjunct Full Professor at University College Dublin and Adjunct Professor (Human Rights Practice) at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway.