"CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF THEIR FAMILY ENVIRONMENT" [2019] ELECD 2697; in Vandenhole, Wouter; Erdem Turkelli, Gamze; Lembrechts, Sara (eds), "Children's Rights" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 222

Book Title: Children’s Rights

Editor(s): Vandenhole, Wouter; Erdem Türkelli, Gamze; Lembrechts, Sara

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: ARTICLE 20

Section Title: CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF THEIR FAMILY ENVIRONMENT

Number of pages: 6

Abstract/Description:

This chapter provides commentary on art. 20 of the CRC on children deprived of their family environment. It looks both into the reasons why alternative care may be necessary and into the suitability requirements that the provision introduces for alternative care. The chapter explains how the societal debate about deinstitutionalisation has led to a legal debate on prioritisation of forms of alternative care, forcing states to consider institutional care as a measure of last resort.