Is the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child doing enough to protect the rights of LGBT children and children with same-sex parents?
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Gerber, Paula and Timoshanko, Aaron. 2021. "Is the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child doing enough to protect the rights of LGBT children and children with same-sex parents?" Human Rights Law Review. 21 (4), pp. 786-836. https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngab012
| Article Title | Is the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child doing enough to protect the rights of LGBT children and children with same-sex parents? |
|---|---|
| ERA Journal ID | 33406 |
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | Gerber, Paula (Author) and Timoshanko, Aaron (Author) |
| Journal Title | Human Rights Law Review |
| Journal Citation | 21 (4), pp. 786-836 |
| Number of Pages | 51 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
| ISSN | 1461-7781 |
| 1744-1021 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngab012 |
| Web Address (URL) | https://academic.oup.com/hrlr/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/hrlr/ngab012/6275912 |
| Abstract | Children often face discrimination, bullying and even violence because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, as do children raised by parents who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). This article considers what the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is doing to protect the rights of LGBT children and children with LGBT parents. To make such an assessment, this article critically analyses the Committee’s Concluding Observations over a ten-year period, its General Comments and its Views on Individual Communications. The conclusion reached is that while the Committee has made encouraging progress in recent years when it comes to addressing LGBT related issues, there is still room for improvement in the way the Committee seeks to protect children from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. |
| Keywords | LGBT, sexual orientation, gender identity, SOGI, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Committee on the Rights of the Child |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 480504. Legal institutions (incl. courts and justice systems) |
| 480407. Law, gender and sexuality (incl. feminist legal scholarship) | |
| 480307. International humanitarian and human rights law | |
| Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Byline Affiliations | Monash University |
| School of Law and Justice | |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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