Does the Netherlands comply with national law and Article 2 of human rights concerning deceased minors?
The reporting of deceased minors is not adhered to, with stagnating reporting rates. Additionally, the need for parental consent for post-mortem investigations hinders thorough examination, potentially obscuring cases of child abuse. This brings about nonconformity with the ECHR and CRC on the right to life.
Authors
- Wilma L. J. M. Duijst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3055-2450)
- Tess M. Wemeijer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8961-0491)
- Cédrique A. S. Gregoire
- Sophie C. T. van Rhenen
Institutions
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Maastricht University Medical Centre (NL)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- IJsselland Ziekenhuis (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0332741
- Primary Topic
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00