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'''Carolyn Paula Hamilton''' (born November 1951) is a [[barrister]] who specialises in children's rights. She is also director of Coram Children's Legal Centre, an independent national charity dedicated to the promotion and implementation of children's rights based at the University of Essex where she has the position of professor.
'''Carolyn Paula Hamilton''' (born November 1951) is a [[barrister]] who specialises in children's rights. She is also director of Coram Children's Legal Centre, an independent national charity dedicated to the promotion and implementation of children's rights based at the University of Essex where she has the position of professor.


==Early life==
==Early life and family==
Carolyn Paula Hamilton was born in [[Hendon]], London, in November 1951<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=bmd%2fb%2f1951%2f4%2faz%2f000491%2f141 England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription.] Retrieved 24 February 2016. {{subscription required}}</ref> to [[David Hamilton (businessman)|David Hamilton]] and his wife Laura. She has a brother Alan S. Hamilton. Her father escaped [[Nazi Germany]] as a boy before the Second World War on the first ''[[Kindertransport]]'' ship to England and subsequently made a fortune in real estate and fashion.
Carolyn Paula Hamilton was born in [[Hendon]], London, in November 1951<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=bmd%2fb%2f1951%2f4%2faz%2f000491%2f141 England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription.] Retrieved 24 February 2016. {{subscription required}}</ref> to [[David Hamilton (businessman)|David Hamilton]] and his wife Laura. She has a brother Alan S. Hamilton. Her father escaped [[Nazi Germany]] as a boy before the Second World War on the first ''[[Kindertransport]]'' ship to England and subsequently made a fortune in real estate and fashion.



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Carolyn Paula Hamilton (born November 1951) is a barrister who specialises in children's rights. She is also director of Coram Children's Legal Centre, an independent national charity dedicated to the promotion and implementation of children's rights based at the University of Essex where she has the position of professor.

Early life and family

Carolyn Paula Hamilton was born in Hendon, London, in November 1951[1] to David Hamilton and his wife Laura. She has a brother Alan S. Hamilton. Her father escaped Nazi Germany as a boy before the Second World War on the first Kindertransport ship to England and subsequently made a fortune in real estate and fashion.

Career

Hamilton is a barrister who specialises in children's rights. In 1995[2] she was appointed director of Coram Children's Legal Centre, an independent national charity dedicated to the promotion and implementation of children's rights[3] based at the University of Essex where Hamilton is also a Reader in the Law Department.[4] She was a Consultant on Juvenile Justice to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2001-2003. She was the Child and Family Commissioner for the Legal Services Commission until December 2010.[5]

Selected publications

  • Family, law and religion. Sweet & Maxwell, London, 1995. ISBN 978-0421458604
  • Family law in Europe. Butterworths, London, 1995. (Kate Standley & David Hodson) ISBN 978-0406013088
  • "Armed conflict: The protection of children under international law", International Journal of Children's Rights, Vol. 5 (1997). (With Tabatha Abu El-Haj)
  • Bullying: A guide to the law: How to tackle bullying inside and outside school. (With Lucy Hopegood and Helen Rimington) Children's Legal Centre, 2000. ISBN 978-0946109968
  • "The employment of children", Child and Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 135-149, 2004. (With Bob Watt)
  • International child abduction: Law and practice. Butterworths, London, 2001. (With Mark Everall, Nigel Lowe & Michael Nicholls) ISBN 9780406005410

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