Who is “The Child”? Best Interests and Individuality of Children in Discretionary Decision-Making
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Abstract While the substantiation of “best interests” has received much attention, question how “the child” is conceptualised to ensure any action taken or decision made in particular child’s best interests been largely neglected. In this paper, I argue that lack robust understanding who is, means we continue make many generalisations and category-based assumptions determining interests. addressing challenge doing right by individual child, propose a three-step approach based on theoretical model child avoids presumptions about child-typical needs insists an assessment characteristics, needs, qualities circumstances, making it only conceptualisation fully meeting centrism criterion required children’s rights as determined United Nations Convention Rights Child.
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عنوان ژورنال: The International Journal of Children's Rights
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0927-5568', '1571-8182']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-30010005