| Unit name | International Child Law |
|---|---|
| Unit code | LAWD30124 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Masson |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | University of Bristol Law School |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
International child law covers aspects of both public and private international law, examining the way that children's rights have been protected and futhered using different forms of international law. The initial focus is on the recognition of children's rights and the development, purpose, contents and mechanisms of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Specific areas of International Child Law are then explored: abduction and inter-country adoption (both the subject of private international law conventions); child labour; child soldiers; trafficking/sex tourism. These latter three topics lead us into consideration of the children's rights work of the International Labour Organisation and of NGOs. Questions of controls of trade for social reasons, and extra-territoriality of the criminal law will be considered.
