UNITED KINGDOM: Children's rights and the European human rights system

Summary: This report summarises the status of children's rights in the United Kingdom vis-a-vis European human rights mechanisms.

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European Court of Human Rights

The United Kingdom is a member of the Council of Europe and subject to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights, which issues decisions that are binding on all Council of Europe members. The Court maintains a searchable database of its case law (http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/Pages/search.aspx#), and the Council of Europe's Theseus project also offers a database containing Court case law relevant to children's rights (http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/children/WCD/simpleSearch_en.asp).

CRIN's case law database currently contains no decision of the European Court of Human Rights on the United Kingdom. If you are aware of any relevant cases, please contact CRIN at info@crin.org.

European Committee of Social Rights

Read a country factsheet on the United Kingdom and the European Social Charter:http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/socialcharter/CountryFactsheets/UK_en.pdf

The case law database of the European Committee of Social Rights can be accessed here

European Union

The United Kingdom is a member of the European union and is therefore subject to EU directives and other standards pertaining to children's rights. Read more on the EU and children's rights.

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