This book examines three core foci of interest of both practitioners as well as
academics in the area of the protection of human rights of children. The first
two are the international legal documents of the UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child (CRC) and the European Convention on Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR). The third focal point consists of an investigation
into a specific area of jurisprudence of the European Court of Human
Rights regarding the protection of human rights of children: the phenomenon
of the corporal punishment and abuse of children in the UK. The...