ces74@cam.ac.uk
College Contact Details
Room: 13 Chapel Court 9/11
Hon LLB (Adelaide), BCL (Oxon), PhD (Cantab)
University Lecturer in Law
Interests
Claire’s research lies in the field of human rights and the protection of children. She has published on a wide range of issues including intercountry adoption, international surrogacy, and cross-border child protection, as well as children's rights under the European Court of Human Rights. At the core of this research is the interaction between international and regional human rights instruments and domestic law, and the way in which these frameworks can be used to implement children’s rights.
Her first book, "Children's Rights in Intercountry Adoption" was awarded the Inner Temple Book Prize for New Authors, as well as the Faculty of Law's Yorke Prize, and has been cited by the Court of Appeal.
Claire is on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, and is an Editor of the European Section of the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. She is an Associate Member of Harcourt Chambers, and an Academic Fellow of Inner Temple, and has worked with organisations such as United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the European Union, Save the Children, and Avocats Sans Frontieres on issues concerning child protection, human rights, and rule of law.
CV / Biography
Claire undertook her undergraduate studies at the University of Adelaide, where she completed a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours), Bachelor of International Studies, and Diploma of Languages (Spanish). She obtained her BCL (with distinction) from the University of Oxford, and her PhD at University of Cambridge.
Before joining the Cambridge Law Faculty, she was a lecturer at King's College London.
Publications
Books
"Eastern and Western Perspectives on Surrogacy" (Intersentia) (Ed)
Editor's Name:
Jens M Scherpe, Claire Fenton-Glynn, Terry Kaan (eds)
Published:
Jun 2019
Publisher:
Intersentia
"Children’s Rights in Sustainable Development: Implementing the UNCRC for Future Generations " (Cambridge University Press) (Ed)
Published:
Apr 2019
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
"Children's Rights in Intercountry Adoption: A European Perspective" (Intersentia)
Published:
Oct 2014
Publisher:
Intersentia
ISBN 13:
9781780682280
Articles
"The end of corporal punishment? " (2018) 48(8) Family Law
Citation:
(2018) 48(8) Family Law
Published:
Aug 2018
"Male circumcision vs female genital mutilation: Two sides of the same coin?" (2018) 48(6) Family Law
Citation:
(2018) 48(6) Family Law
Published:
Jun 2018
"International Surrogacy before the European Court of Human Rights" (2017) 13(3) Journal of Private International Law 546
Citation:
(2017) 13(3) Journal of Private International Law 546
Published:
Jan 2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1080/17441048.2017.1385901
"Why sex still matters" (2017) 47(4) Family Law
Citation:
(2017) 47(4) Family Law
Published:
Apr 2017
"Child Euthanasia: A right too far?" (2016) 46(12) Family Law
Citation:
(2016) 46(12) Family Law
Published:
Dec 2016
"Reviewing the UK’s implementation of human rights obligations" (2016) 46(10) Family Law
Citation:
(2016) 46(10) Family Law
Published:
Oct 2016
"Adoption Targets: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (2016) 46(2) Family Law
Citation:
(2016) 46(2) Family Law
Published:
Feb 2016
"Outsourcing Ethical Dilemmas: Regulating International Surrogacy Arrangements" (2016) 24(1) Medical Law Review 59
Citation:
(2016) 24(1) Medical Law Review 59
Published:
Jan 2016
"Cross-Border Public Care and Adoption Proceedings in the European Union" (2016) 38(1) Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 94
Citation:
(2016) 38(1) Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 94
Published:
Jan 2016
"The Regulation and Recognition of Surrogacy in English Law" (2015) 27(1) Child and Family Law Quarterly 83
Citation:
(2015) 27(1) Child and Family Law Quarterly 83
Published:
Apr 2015
"Participation and Natural Justice: Children’s Rights and Interests in Hague Abduction Proceedings" (2014) 9(1) Journal of Comparative Law 129
Citation:
(2014) 9(1) Journal of Comparative Law 129
Published:
Sep 2014
"Human Rights and Private International Law: Regulating International Surrogacy" [2014] 10(1) Journal of Private International Law 157
Citation:
[2014] 10(1) Journal of Private International Law 157
Published:
Apr 2014
DOI:
10.5235/17441048.10.1.157
"The Child's Voice in Adoption Proceedings: A European Perspective" (2013) 21(4) International Journal of Children's Rights 590-615
Citation:
(2013) 21(4) International Journal of Children's Rights 590-615
Published:
Dec 2013
Book Chapters
"The Legal Status of Intersex Persons in Australia" in Jens Scherpe, Anatol Dutta and Tobias Helms (eds), The Legal Status of Intersex Persons (Intersentia)
Publisher:
Intersentia
Published Date:
Dec 2018
"Creating International Families: Private International Law and the Industry of Parenthood" in Victoria Stephens and Gillian Douglas (eds), International and National Perspectives on Child and Family Law: Festschrift for Nigel Lowe (Intersentia)
Publisher:
Intersentia
Published Date:
Jun 2018
"Re C v XYZ County Council" in Kathryn Hollingsworth, Helen Stalford and Stephen Gilmore (eds), Rewriting Children’s Rights Judgments: From Academic Vision to New Practice (Hart)
Publisher:
Hart
Published Date:
Nov 2017
"Theory and Practice on Article 8 ECHR in England and Wales" in Andrea Büchler and Helen Keller (eds), Family Forms and Parenthood: Theory and Practice of Article 8 ECHR in Europe (Intersentia)
Publisher:
Intersentia
Published Date:
Sep 2016
"Adoption in a European Perspective" in Jens M Scherpe (Ed), European Family Law (Volume III) (Edward Elgar)
Publisher:
Edward Elgar
Published Date:
Jan 2016
ISBN 13:
978 1 78536 304 7
"Transnational Family Law" in Peer Zumbansen (Ed), Oxford Handbook of Transnational Law (Oxford University Press (forthcoming))
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (forthcoming)
Published Date:
Dec 2015
"Anonymous Relinquishment and Baby-Boxes: Life-saving mechanisms or a violation of human rights?" in Katharina Boele-Woelki and Nina Dethloff, Family Law and Culture in European: Developments, Challenges and Opportunities (Intersentia) (Ed)
"The Law as a Prisoner of History: An Examination of Aborginal Title in South Austalia" in Shaun Berg (ed), Coming to Terms: The Legal Implications of the Letters Patent and Founding Documents upon Aboiginal Land in the Colonisation of South Australia (Wakefield Press)
Publisher:
Wakefield Press
Published Date:
Jan 2010
Book Reviews
John Eekelaar and Mavis Maclean: Family Justice: The Work of Family Judges in Uncertain Times (2014) 18 Edinburgh Law Review 165
Published:
Dec 2013
Fifty Years of Family Law: Essays for Stephen Cretney [2012] 71(3) Cambridge Law Journal 734-736
Published:
Nov 2012
Case Notes
Human rights and the law of nullity: Akhter v Khan (2018) 48 (10) Family Law
Published:
Oct 2018
Revoking Adoption: Re J (Adoption: Appeal) (2018) 48(4) Family Law
Published:
Apr 2018
Children’s welfare vs community interests: Contact, religion and transgender rights (2018) 48(2) Family Law
Published:
Feb 2018
What price a child? Recovering damages in tort for international surrogacy (2017) 47(12) Family Law
Published:
Dec 2017
The importance of child friendly judgments (2017) 47(10) Family Law
Published:
Oct 2017
Life-sustaining treatment and the best interests of the child (2017) 47(8) Family Law
Published:
Aug 2017
When is a family not a family? (2017) 47(6) Family Law
Published:
Jun 2017
Information on Origins: Right or Obligation? (2016) 46(8) Family Law
Published:
Aug 2016
Reinterpreting s54 HFEA: How far is too far? (2016) 46(6) Family Law
Published:
Jun 2016
Opposite sex civil partnerships and the ambit of Article 8 (2016) 46(4) Family Law
Published:
Apr 2016
Austerity and the benefit cap: In whose best interests? (2016) Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law
Published:
Jan 2016
DOI:
10.1080/09649069.2015.1121961
Re N – Conflict and Confluence of Adoption Law in Europe (2015) 45(12) Family Law
Published:
Dec 2015
The Rise of Strict Scrutiny: Extending Re B-S to changes in care plans (2015) 37(1) Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 105
Published:
Apr 2015
DOI:
10.1080/09649069.2015.998015
The Difficulty of Enforcing Surrogacy Regulations (2015) 74(1) Cambridge Law Journal 34
Published:
Apr 2015
Replacing One Type of Oppression with Another? Same-sex couples and religious freedom [2014] 73(1) Cambridge Law Journal
Published:
Mar 2014
Paramountcy and the ECHR: A Conflict Resolved? [2012] 71(3) Cambridge Law Jounal 498-501
Published:
Nov 2013
An Unbalanced Scale: Anonymous Birth and the European Court of Human Rights [2013] 72(2) Cambridge Law Journal 263-266
Published:
Jul 2013
Reports
Adoption Without Consent
Published:
Apr 2016
Body / Institution:
European Parliament
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