Publication
Title
Kinderen van Syriëgangers: moderne ballingen?
Author
Abstract
The civil war in Syria caused several hundreds of young people from Belgium and the Netherlands to join ISIS in Syria. Since a couple of years, the main question is how to deal with the children of those Syrian fighters. This contribution examines whether those children are modern exiles, or whether they are fully covered by the extraterritorial human rights obligations of the state of which they are a national. Recent jurisprudence of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and of the European Court of Human Rights guides this exercise. This contribution looks into three core legal questions: does the state of nationality of the children of Syria fighters hold children and human rights obligations towards them? What is the precise scope and content of those obligations, and under which circumstances are they violated? And which remedial measures must a state take in case of violations?
Language
Dutch
Source (journal)
Tijdschrift voor jeugd en kinderrechten. - Gent, 2000, currens
Publication
Gent : Mys & Breesch , 2023
ISSN
1377-2104
Volume/pages
3 :24 (2023) , p. 140-156
Full text (open access)
The author-created version that incorporates referee comments and is the accepted for publication version Available from 16.11.2024
UAntwerpen
Faculty/Department
Research group
Project info
Future-proofing human rights. Towards a thicker understanding of accountability.
Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations in Practice
Publication type
Subject
Law 
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Creation 10.11.2023
Last edited 13.06.2024
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