This book contains an in-depth legal analysis of Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Convention on the Exercise of Childrens Rights, the Council of Europes Guidelines on Child-Friendly Justice and Recommendation on the participation of children, and the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights. The result is a comprehensive assessment of the childs right to participate in family law proceedings, providing the first complete analysis of the international and European human rights instruments in this field. Of note, the books analysis of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights is unique, in both the inclusion of all of the Courts judgments and decisions on child participation as well as the application of an innovative and rigorous method of qualitative content analysis. This book therefore provides a greater understanding of the childs right to participate under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.