{"title":"The regulation of surrogacy: a children's rights perspective.","authors":"Katherine Wade","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article examines the current regulation of surrogacy in England from a children's rights perspective. It draws on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 and its Optional Protocols, as well as General Comments and Concluding Observations from the Committee on the Rights of the Child, in order to analyse the extent to which the current regulatory framework on surrogacy is in line with a children's rights approach. A children's rights approach draws attention to the need for a holistic framework that protects the various rights of children at all stages of their childhood. It stresses the importance of ensuring the framework is participatory, in that it incorporates the views and experiences of children. It also recognises the central role of parents in protecting children's rights and the need for state support in this regard. The article makes suggestions for reform, focusing primarily on children's right to know and be cared for by their parents, commercial surrogacy, the involvement of children in counselling and the protection of children's rights in inter-country surrogacy arrangements.</p>","PeriodicalId":92008,"journal":{"name":"Child and family law quarterly","volume":"29 2","pages":"113-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5540169/pdf/emss-73199.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35297639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cohabitation, marriage and child outcomes","authors":"A. Goodman, E. Greaves","doi":"10.1920/CO.IFS.2010.0114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1920/CO.IFS.2010.0114","url":null,"abstract":"Preface The authors are very grateful to the Nuffield Foundation for supporting this work as part of a wider project, 'Births out of Wedlock and Cognitive and Social Development throughout Childhood: A Quantitative Analysis' (grant number CPF/37467). The Nuffield Foundation is an endowed charitable trust that aims to improve social well-being in the widest sense. It funds research and innovation in education and social policy and also works to build capacity in education, science and social science research. The authors would also like to extend their thanks to a number of colleagues who have helped them with this work. Particular thanks to Sharon Witherspoon for all her extremely insightful support. Many thanks also to Sibieta for helpful discussions and comments on earlier drafts. The authors are also extremely indebted to participants at a seminar held at the Nuffield Foundation on 22 March 2010, and to an anonymous referee, whose suggestions have been extremely helpful. All views expressed are those of the authors.","PeriodicalId":92008,"journal":{"name":"Child and family law quarterly","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68005028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fractured Families, Fragile Children - the Sexual Vulnerability of Girls in the Aftermath of Divorce","authors":"R. Wilson","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.333141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.333141","url":null,"abstract":"Overwhelming empirical evidence suggests that a female child faces a significantly elevated risk of being sexually abused after her parents divorce, at the hands of a parent, a parent's partner, or someone outside the home. This article considers whether the law can effectively mitigate this risk of child sexual abuse in divorce proceedings by educating parents about the risk, or by directing the parent with whom the child resides to take precautions against molestation.","PeriodicalId":92008,"journal":{"name":"Child and family law quarterly","volume":"14 1","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2139/SSRN.333141","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68585456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}