Ingi Iusmen, PhD, is a Research Fellow at the Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK. Prof. Helen Stalford is the Founding director of the European Children's Rights Unit (ECRU) and Professor at the School of Law & Social Justice, University of Liverpool, UK. Ingi Iusmen, PhD, is a Research Fellow at the Depart¬ment of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK.

From the Contents: Children's rights, EU enlargement policy and economic crisis The EU and Child Protection Systems: the role and added value of the EU in advancing children's protection rights Cross-border cooperation and child victim protection The role of Civil Society in supporting the EU children's rights agenda Achieving child participation at EU level

This edited collection critiques, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the growing body of EU children s rights activities in the light of broader global political, economic and legal processes. Specifically, it interrogates whether EU intervention effectively responds to what are perceived as global violations of children s rights; the extent to which EU efforts to uphold children s rights complement and reinforce parallel national and international pursuits. Moreover, it scrutinises the compatibility of EU children s rights measures with the principles and provisions enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). This edited collection critiques, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the growing body of EU children's rights activities in the light of broader global political, economic and legal processes. Specifically, it interrogates whether EU intervention effectively responds to what are perceived as global violations of children's rights; the extent to which EU efforts to uphold children's rights complement and reinforce parallel national and international pursuits. Moreover, it scrutinises the compatibility of EU children's rights measures with the principles and provisions enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).