Patrick Burton
Biographic Data
| ID | 5016902 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick Burton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick |
| FAMILY NAME | Burton |
| SIGNATURE | BURTON P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention, Tech Legality Cape Town South Africa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The legal, policy, institutional and programmatic context for protecting children against online sexual exploitation in Tunisia
Evidence is absent in the legal, policy and programmatic landscape of online child sexual exploitation in countries in the Global South. Our work begins to contribute to filling this literature gap, drawing evidence from Tunisia, one of the least studied countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). We reviewed legal and policy documents directly or indirectly connected to online child sexual exploitation, complemented with interviews fro…
The Un Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment on the Digital Environment
For too long, child rights advocates knew little about the internet while internet governance experts knew little about children’s rights. In March 2021, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) adopted General Comment 25 (GC25) on children’s rights in relation to the digital environment. A General Comment is an authoritative document which sets out how states should implement the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in speci…
Where policy and practice collide: Comparing United States, South African and European Union approaches to protecting children online
That children have a right to protection when they go online is an internationally well-established principle, upheld in laws that seek to safeguard children from online abuse and exploitation. However, children’s own transgressive behaviour can test the boundaries of this protection regime, creating new dilemmas for lawmakers the world over. This article examines the policy response from both the Global North and South to young people’s online b…
Where policy and practice collide: Comparing United States, South African and European Union approaches to protecting children online
That children have a right to protection when they go online is an internationally well-established principle, upheld in laws that seek to safeguard children from online abuse and exploitation. However, children’s own transgressive behaviour can test the boundaries of this protection regime, creating new dilemmas for lawmakers the world over. This article examines the policy response from both the Global North and South to young people’s online b…
Where policy and practice collide: Comparing United States, South African and European Union approaches to protecting children online
That children have a right to protection when they go online is an internationally well-established principle, upheld in laws that seek to safeguard children from online abuse and exploitation. However, children’s own transgressive behaviour can test the boundaries of this protection regime, creating new dilemmas for lawmakers the world over. This article examines the policy response from both the Global North and South to young people’s online b…
The Un Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment on the Digital Environment
For too long, child rights advocates knew little about the internet while internet governance experts knew little about children’s rights. In March 2021, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) adopted General Comment 25 (GC25) on children’s rights in relation to the digital environment. A General Comment is an authoritative document which sets out how states should implement the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in speci…
The legal, policy, institutional and programmatic context for protecting children against online sexual exploitation in Tunisia
Evidence is absent in the legal, policy and programmatic landscape of online child sexual exploitation in countries in the Global South. Our work begins to contribute to filling this literature gap, drawing evidence from Tunisia, one of the least studied countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). We reviewed legal and policy documents directly or indirectly connected to online child sexual exploitation, complemented with interviews fro…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Mandate (2 works) · Sex work and related issues (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Child protection (1 works)