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"SCOPE OF APPLICATION" [2019] ELECD 2678; in Vandenhole, Wouter; Erdem Turkelli, Gamze; Lembrechts, Sara (eds), "Children's Rights" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 48

Book Title: Children’s Rights

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

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: ARTICLE 1

Section Title: SCOPE OF APPLICATION

Number of pages: 4

Abstract/Description:

This chapter defines the personal scope of application of the CRC: who is a child for the purposes of the Convention? It clarifies that no minimum age has been set, and that the upper age limit of 18 is qualified by a reference to national legislation that provides for a lower age of majority. The chapter also discusses the issue of childhood more generally, as well as the differentiation between age groups.