The Right of the Child to Legal or Other Representation in Child Protection Proceedings
Tom Rawlings
State Child Advocate for the Protection of Children, State of Georgia (US)
Tom Rawlings was named the State Child Advocate for the Protection of Children by Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, in January, 2017. In that role he serves as the state children's ombudsman and leads efforts to improve Georgia’s child welfare system. This is his second time at the helm of the agency, having served as Director from 2007-2010 under Governor Sonny Perdue. An honors graduate of both Duke University and the University of Georgia School of Law, he is currently pursuing his Masters’ degree in International Human Rights Law at Oxford University. From 2000-2007, he served as the first full-time juvenile court judge in the Middle Judicial Circuit, where he oversaw juvenile justice and child protection cases in five counties. After serving his first term as the state children's ombudsman, he moved to Guatemala in 2010 to direct a child sexual abuse prosecution and treatment team as the country director for International Justice Mission. Tom is a certified by the National Association of Counsel for Children as a child welfare law specialist, is fluent in Spanish, is a former Fulbright Senior Specialist in Law, and is the author of Georgia Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice: Policy, Practice and Procedure, updated annually.
Abstract
Although the Convention on the Rights of the Child does not explicitly extend the right to“legal or other assistance” to children involved in protection proceedings, that right flows from the Convention’s recognition... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Tom Rawlings (State Child Advocate for the Protection of Children, State of Georgia (US))
Topic Area
Emerging Issues
Session
Workshop 6 » Session 2- Emerging Issues (14:15 - Monday, 2nd October, North America Room)
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