Abbreviations -- Primary sources -- Tables of cases -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Theoretical Model -- Chapter 1 Religious Children -- Section 1 Introduction -- Section 2 General considerations -- 1 Psychology and spirituality -- 2 Sociology -- Section 3 Specific religions -- 1 Christianity -- 2 Islam -- 3 Hinduism -- 4 Sikhism -- 5 Non-traditional religions -- A Jehovah's Witnesses -- B The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- 6 New religious movements -- A Wiccas, neopaganism, and the New Age movement -- B International Society for Krishna Consciousness -- C Osho Ko Hsuan School and Sahaja Yoga -- D In search of truth -- Section 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 A Model of the Right of the Child to Religious Freedom -- Section 1 Introduction -- Section 2 Theories of rights -- 1 Non-rights based theories on the legal position of children -- 2 The will theory -- 3 The interest theory -- Section 3 The autonomy of the child -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Autonomy claims -- 3 Paternalistic interventions -- 4 Relevance for religious freedom -- 5 Conclusion -- Section 4 Legal framework -- 1 The important interest of the child as a legal right -- 2 The state as holder of duties -- 3 Negative rights of the child -- 4 Positive rights of the child -- A Protective rights -- B Procedural rights -- C Substantive rights -- Section 5 Conclusion -- Part II International Law -- Chapter 3 The ICCPR -- Section 1 Introduction -- Section 2 Freedom of choice -- Section 3 Freedom of manifestation -- Section 4 Limitations -- Section 5 Education -- Section 6 Application to children -- Chapter 4 The UNCRC -- Section 1 Introduction -- Section 2 Underlying tensions -- 1 Importance of the family and parental rights -- 2 Evolving capacities and religious freedom -- 3 Other interactions within Article 14 -- A The best interests of children.

B The participatory rights of children -- C Age-limits -- 4 Conclusion -- Section 3 Freedom of choice -- 1 The travaux préparatoires -- 2 The recognition of the right -- 3 The influence of age -- 4 Conclusion -- Section 4 Freedom of manifestation -- 1 The travaux préparatoires -- 2 Scheme of protection -- 3 Worship -- 4 Observance -- 5 Teaching -- 6 Practice -- 7 Conclusion -- Section 5 Limitations -- Section 6 Education -- 1 The travaux préparatoires -- 2 Instruction in the child's own religion -- 3 Choice and opting-out -- 4 Contents of religious education -- 5 Conclusion -- Section 7 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 The Special Rapporteur -- Section 1 Introduction -- Section 2 Underlying tensions -- Section 3 Education, exemptions and parental rights -- Section 4 Content of education -- Section 5 Discrimination against children in education -- Section 6 Forced conversions -- Section 7 Religious practices -- Section 8 Persecution -- Section 9 Beyond the current approach -- Section 10 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 The ECHR -- Section 1 Introduction -- Section 2 Scheme of protection -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Article 9 case law -- 3 Application to children -- 4 Conclusion -- Section 3 Freedom of religious choice -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Article 9 caselaw -- 3 Application to children -- A Meaning of coercion for children -- B Bringing a child into a religious tradition -- 4 Conclusion -- Section 4 Freedom of manifestation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Article 9 caselaw -- A Traditional caselaw on individual believers -- B Recent caselaw on religious communities -- 3 Application to children -- A Children manifesting a religion -- B Children potentially affected by a manifestation -- 4 Conclusion -- Section 5 Beyond the current approach -- Section 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Concluding Chapter -- Selected bibliography -- Index.