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Abbreviations	ix
About the Editors	xi
About the Authors	xiii
Preface by Maria Herczog	xvii
Acknowledgments	xxi
Introduction
Agnes Lux and Brian Gran	1
Section 1: Children’s Ombudsperson’s Perspectives of Their Work and Its Impacts
Chapter 1: “Be Bold, Be Brave, Speak Out”: The Role of the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland (CYPCS) During the Pandemic
Bruce Adamson and Gina Wilson	11
Chapter 2: The Job of a Lifetime: Looking Back on My Years as a Children’s Rights Commissioner (1998–2009)
Ankie Vandekerckhove	19
Section 2: Children’s Ombudspersons Working in Europe
Chapter 3: Ireland’s Ombudsman for Children – Combining Power and Influence to Advance Children’s Rights
Ursula Kilkelly and Emily Logan	39
Chapter 4: How to Research Independent Children’s Rights Institutions: Lessons Learned from the Evaluation of the Dutch Children’s Ombudsman
Katrien Klep, Stephanie Rap and Valérie Pattyn	55
Chapter 5: Analysis of the Performance of the Hungarian Ombudsman Related to Children’s Rights Through the Lens of the UN CRC’s Four Guiding Principles
Agnes Lux	75
Chapter 6: The Role of the NHRI in Germany
Rita Richter Nunes	95
Section 3: Children’s Ombudspersons in the United States and Pakistan
Chapter 7: Why the United States Needs a National Children’s Rights Ombudsperson
Brian Gran	115
Chapter 8: The Founding Law of Pakistan’s National Commission on the Rights of the Child: Legal Challenges, Bureaucratic Barriers, and Vague Opportunities
Abdullah Khoso and Umbreen Kousar	131
Section 4: ICRIs’ Engagement in the UN CRC Monitoring Mechanisms and Questions of Independence
Chapter 9: International Monitoring of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Assessing the Engagement of Independent Children’s Rights Institutions
Zsuzsanna Rutai	153
Chapter 10: The European Network of Ombudspersons for Children: Key Influences in Children’s Rights Promotion
Robin Shura and Brian Gran	165
Section 5: Conclusions
Chapter 11: Conclusions: A Big Picture of Independent Children’s Rights Institutions
Brian Gran and Agnes Lux
Index	189

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Abbreviations	ix
About the Editors	xi
About the Authors	xiii
Preface by Maria Herczog	xvii
Acknowledgments	xxi
Introduction
Agnes Lux and Brian Gran	1
Section 1: Children’s Ombudsperson’s Perspectives of Their Work and Its Impacts
Chapter 1: “Be Bold, Be Brave, Speak Out”: The Role of the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland (CYPCS) During the Pandemic
Bruce Adamson and Gina Wilson	11
Chapter 2: The Job of a Lifetime: Looking Back on My Years as a Children’s Rights Commissioner (1998–2009)
Ankie Vandekerckhove	19
Section 2: Children’s Ombudspersons Working in Europe
Chapter 3: Ireland’s Ombudsman for Children – Combining Power and Influence to Advance Children’s Rights
Ursula Kilkelly and Emily Logan	39
Chapter 4: How to Research Independent Children’s Rights Institutions: Lessons Learned from the Evaluation of the Dutch Children’s Ombudsman
Katrien Klep, Stephanie Rap and Valérie Pattyn	55
Chapter 5: Analysis of the Performance of the Hungarian Ombudsman Related to Children’s Rights Through the Lens of the UN CRC’s Four Guiding Principles
Agnes Lux	75
Chapter 6: The Role of the NHRI in Germany
Rita Richter Nunes	95
Section 3: Children’s Ombudspersons in the United States and Pakistan
Chapter 7: Why the United States Needs a National Children’s Rights Ombudsperson
Brian Gran	115
Chapter 8: The Founding Law of Pakistan’s National Commission on the Rights of the Child: Legal Challenges, Bureaucratic Barriers, and Vague Opportunities
Abdullah Khoso and Umbreen Kousar	131
Section 4: ICRIs’ Engagement in the UN CRC Monitoring Mechanisms and Questions of Independence
Chapter 9: International Monitoring of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Assessing the Engagement of Independent Children’s Rights Institutions
Zsuzsanna Rutai	153
Chapter 10: The European Network of Ombudspersons for Children: Key Influences in Children’s Rights Promotion
Robin Shura and Brian Gran	165
Section 5: Conclusions
Chapter 11: Conclusions: A Big Picture of Independent Children’s Rights Institutions
Brian Gran and Agnes Lux
Index	189

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