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""Liefaard's magisterial work manages to be both a comprehensive, academic study of the mandates of international human rights law for children deprived of their liberty and - simultaneously - a savage indictment of most of the world's failure to hear the cries of children behind bars or recognize the consequences of our denial of their full humanity."" Bernardine Dohrn - Associate Clinical Professor - Northwestern University School of Law ""During the past decades a lot of efforts have been undertaken to limit deprivation of liberty and to protect persons deprived of liberty against abuse and exploitation inter alia through specific provisions in International Human Rights Law and the establishment of international standards. This book provides a so far unique compilation and comprehensive analysis of these provisions and standards as far as relevant for children. It results in an elaborated list of recommended actions not only for preventing and avoiding deprivation of liberty but also for the protection of children subject to it. (...) The book is an important tool for understanding the various aspects of deprivation of liberty of children and a guidance for legislators, policy makers and practitioners in their efforts to ensure that children are deprived of their liberty only when necessary and as short as possible, and are well protected in full compliance with the CRC. May it be used by many."" Prof. Jaap E. Doek - Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child 2001-2007 'Liefaard has made an important contribution to children's rights. All too often, children's rights are studied rather superficially (if at all), and disconnected from the general human rights framework. Liefaard has avoided both pitfalls: he has produced a fairly comprehensive and in-depth study of the topic, and has managed to integrate and contextualise specific children's rights provisions into the overall human rights law framework. Moreover, he offers a sophisticated integrated picture of all relevant international norms, regardless of their hard or soft nature.' Wouter Vandenhole in NQHR (2010) 483

Liefaard's magisterial work manages to be both a comprehensive, academic study of the mandates of international human rights law for children deprived of their liberty and - simultaneously - a savage indictment of most of the world's failure to hear the cries of children behind bars or recognize the consequences of our denial of their full humanity. Bernardine Dohrn - Associate Clinical Professor - Northwestern University School of Law During the past decades a lot of efforts have been undertaken to limit deprivation of liberty and to protect persons deprived of liberty against abuse and exploitation inter alia through specific provisions in International Human Rights Law and the establishment of international standards. This book provides a so far unique compilation and comprehensive analysis of these provisions and standards as far as relevant for children. It results in an elaborated list of recommended actions not only for preventing and avoiding deprivation of liberty but also for the protection of children subject to it. (...) The book is an important tool for understanding the various aspects of deprivation of liberty of children and a guidance for legislators, policy makers and practitioners in their efforts to ensure that children are deprived of their liberty only when necessary and as short as possible, and are well protected in full compliance with the CRC. May it be used by many. Prof. Jaap E. Doek - Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child 2001-2007 'Liefaard has made an important contribution to children's rights. All too often, children's rights are studied rather superficially (if at all), and disconnected from the general human rights framework. Liefaard has avoided both pitfalls: he has produced a fairly comprehensive and in-depth study of the topic, and has managed to integrate and contextualise specific children's rights provisions into the overall human rights law framework. Moreover, he offers a sophisticated integrated picture of all relevant international norms, regardless of their hard or soft nature.' Wouter Vandenhole in NQHR (2010) 483

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