Vulnerable Children and the Law: International Evidence for Improving Child Welfare, Child Protection and Children's Rights; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Children and Citizenship; 1. Children's Rights: The Effective Implementation of Rights-based Standards; 2. Child Protection in Humanitarian Emergencies; 3. Children in the Shadows: Child Trafficking in the UK; 4. Child Combatants and Peace Processes: Challenges of Inclusion and Exclusion; 5. Unaccompanied Children as Illegal Immigrants in the United States.

6. Children, Vulnerability and Rights: Protecting the Rights of Children in Custody in Northern IrelandPart II: Indigenous and Non-national Children and Vulnerability; 7. The Victimisation of Indigenous Children; 8. Non-national Children and Vulnerability: The Child Protection Context; 9. Mana Tamariki, Takahi Tamariki -- Maori Child Pride, Maori Child Abuse; 10. International Human Rights Law and the Needs of Indigenous Children; Part III: Child Welfare and Family Identity; 11. High Frequency Parental Contact for Infants in Care: Whose Rights are Being Served?

12. Maternal Incest: Challenges for Child Protection13. Lost Identities: Denying Children their Family Identity; 14. Should Adoption Be an Option?; Part IV: Child Welfare and Legal Intervention; 15. Child Protection and Family Law: The Australian Experience; 16. The Police Role in Identifying and Responding to Children Experiencing Domestic Violence; 17. Relocation of Children in Family Law Disputes; 18. Working with Separated Families; 19. Deciding the Best Interests of the Child: Legal Responses to Child Protection Concerns; 20. Conclusion; List of Contributors; Subject Index; Author Index.

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Global support for improving child welfare and upholding the rights of children is strong, but in practice often fails to recognise the emerging gap between traditional child welfare practices and the evolving nature of child vulnerability. This book takes an international perspective on child welfare, examining how global and national frameworks can be adapted to address the rights and best interests of children. Synthesising the latest international research, experts redefine the concept of a 'child in need' in a world where global movement is common and children are frequently involved in t.

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