A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 6: The Right to Life, Survival and Development

Manfred Nowak is Director of the Ludwig Bolzmann Institute of Human Rights at the University of Vienna, and UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.

'I can recommend this booklet, and I hope I find other volumes in this valuable series as stimulating. It is a well-timed initiative and the General Editors and publishers are to be congratulated on the commencement of a most significant project.'
Michael Freeman, The International Journal of Children's Rights, volume 14 (2006).

List of Abbreviations;
Author Biography;
Text of Article 6 of the CRC;
Chapter One. Introduction;
Chapter Two. Comparison with Related International Human Rights Provision;
Chapter Three. Scope of Article 6;
1. Travaux Préparatoires;
2. Article 6 as one of the General Principles of the CRC;
3. The ‘Inherent’ Right to Life;
4. Obligation to Respect the Right to Life;
4.1. Death Penalty;
4.2. Armed Conflict;
4.3. Deprivation of Life by State Security Forces;
5. Obligation to Protect the Right to Life;
5.1. Homicide;
5.2. Abortion;
5.3. Infanticide;
5.4. Harmful Traditional Practices;
5.5. Other Forms of Violence, Abuse and Exploitation Endangering the Right to Life;
6. Obligation to Fulfil the Right to Life;
6.1. The Role of the Parents;
6.2. Registration of Children;
6.3. Suicide;
6.4. Traffic Accidents and Street Violence;
6.5. Infant and Child Mortality;
6.6. Obligation to Fulfil the Healthy Development of the Child;
6.7. Right to Development and Eradication of Poverty.