Children and the European Court of Human Rights - Dr Claire Fenton-Glynn
24 March 2021
The Human Rights law Centre had the privilege of hosting Dr Claire Fenton-Glynn from the University of Cambridge, who presented her ground-breaking new book, 'Children and the European Court of Human Rights'.
Published in January 2021 with Oxford University Press, this important book explores the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights as it relates to children. In doing so, it provides a comprehensive and thoughtful treatment of the Court’s jurisprudence on areas including juvenile justice, immigration, education, religion, family life, child protection, and adoption. As such, the book constitutes a key contribution to scholarship on the ECHR, children’s rights and regional human rights protection.
About the Speaker
Claire Fenton-Glynn is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Cambridge. Her research lies in the field of human rights, and in particular, the way in which international and regional human rights mechanisms protect and promote the rights of children. She is an Associate Tenant at Harcourt Chambers, and an Academic Fellow of Inner Temple. Claire has worked as a consultant for organisations such as the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the European Union on issues concerning human rights and child protection. Her first book, 'Children's Rights in Intercountry Adoption' was awarded the 2015 Inner Temple Book Prize for New Authors, as well as the Cambridge Faculty of Law's Yorke Prize, and has been cited by the Court of Appeal.
Claire undertook her undergraduate studies at the University of Adelaide, where she completed a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours), Bachelor of International Studies, and Diploma of Languages (Spanish). She obtained the BCL (with distinction) from the University of Oxford, and a PhD from the University of Cambridge.