Research on children

Research area: Children
When human rights are violated in a country like Denmark, it is most frequently vulnerable children who are severely affected.

New cases of the serious abuse of children are still being uncovered, just as children are caught up in legislation aimed at their parents – e.g. asylum seekers or families who must survive at the lowest social income level.

 

Despite the authorities focusing on protecting children against abuse, and the existence of several civil society organisations working in the field, there is a need for the Institute to contribute with research-based and rights-oriented perspectives on the conditions of children’s lives and the very complex issues which can arise when children are caught between authorities and their parents.

Research projects

Survey of how local administrations and foster homes can support the child’s right to family life.

Contact person: Anette Faye Jacobsen

Research publications

2015

Journal articles

  • Gammeltoft-Hansen, T. and Hathaway, J., 'Non-refoulement in a World of Cooperative Deterrence', Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, 53(1), 2015 (Peer-reviewed).
  • Tan, N.F., 'State responsibility for international cooperation on migration control: the case of Australia', Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, 5(2), 2015, 8-21 (Non-peer-reviewed).
  • Tan, N. F., 'Prabowo and the shortcomings of international justice', Griffith Journal of Law & Human Dignity, 1, 2015 (Peer-reviewed).
  • Lagoutte, S., 'The perspective of the child in international human rights law and practice: The right to respect for family life of children of imprisoned parents', International Journal of Children’s Rights, to be published, 2015 (Peer-reviewed).
  • Faye Jacobsen, A., 'Stat og civilsamfund i nye relationer. FN’s Børnekonventions historie i Danmark', Temp - tidsskrift for historie, 10, 2015, pp. 60-91 (Peer-reviewed).

Popular articles

  • Petersen, M. J., 'Selektivt syn på diskrimination', Politiken, 3 Feb 2015.

Reports

2014

Books

  • Smith, P. S., When the innocent are punished: the children of imprisoned parents, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014 (Peer-reviewed).