Instituting Children’s Full Political Participation and Representation in the 21st Century United States Warren Binford* Originally published in November 2022. As we approach the 100th anniversary of children’s rights in 2024,[1] it is easy to marvel at the apparent strides that have been made this past century in recognizing children as their own persons nearly […]
Discrimination and Children’s Right to Freedom of Association and Assembly Nico Brando[*] Laura Lundy[+] “I started striking from school every Friday. I did this because I was under 18 and being under 18 meant I had no vote, no say in the decision-making process of my Government.”[1] (Anna Warren, 2019). Introduction Children[2] are treated differently
Age Discrimination and the Personhood of Children and Youth Jonathan Todres* A significant percentage of the population of the United States, or any other country, lives without voting rights, is prohibited from holding public office, has restricted access to employment opportunities, and is subjected to greater restrictions on their participation rights such as freedom
The International Framework of Children’s Rights Fosters Discrimination against Young People Brian Gran[*][+] “The right to have rights, or the right of every individual to belong to humanity, should be guaranteed by humanity itself. It is by no means certain whether this is possible.”[1] Hannah Arendt Introduction: The purposes of this paper are to explore
Age discrimination exceptionalism? Wouter Vandenhole[*] Discrimination on the basis of chronological age (in short: age discrimination) is an under-researched dimension of human rights discrimination law. In what follows, I will explore some of the conceptual challenges that age discrimination may pose. My background is in children’s rights law and human rights law. I approach children’s
Student Discounts and other preferential treatment on grounds of age: untangling scope, legitimate objectives, and proportionate responses Dr. Elaine Dewhurst[*] Introduction Providing student discounts or other forms of preferential treatment which essentially amount to free access, reduced tariffs, or preferential access to certain groups based on age has become a social norm from which it
Interrogating “Discrimination” on the Basis of Chronological Age Gerald L. Neuman[*] This essay addresses legal regulation of discrimination on the basis of chronological age, or “age discrimination” for short,[1] from the perspective of human rights law as a complex system of positive law serving normative ends. It first describes some of the positive law of
Should the standards used to evaluate the claims of discrimination based on age vary depending on the field(s) of activity to which the norm applies? When to use age and when to use capacity based approaches. Jonathan Herring[*] As is well known, in response to the varying capabilities of children and adults lawyers tend to
What’s in a Name? Intersectional Implications of Forced Surname Change in Turkey Shaza Loutfi[*] Arab women do not take their husband’s last name after marriage.[1] Yet in 2021, I became the first woman in an entire line of female Arab ancestry to change her last name after marriage, not by choice, but forcibly by the
