The human rights of children: from visions to implementation

Cover Page -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction Human Rights of Children: From Visions to Implementation? -- 1 The Value and Values of Children's Rights -- 2 Are Children's Rights still Human? -- 3 Understanding a Human Rights Based Approach to Matters Involving Children: Conceptual Foundations and Strategic Considerations -- 4 The CRC: Dynamics and Directions of Monitoring its Implementation -- 5 Acknowledging Children as International Citizens: A Child-sensitive Communication Mechanism for the Convention on the Rights of the Child -- 6 Has Research Improved the Human Rights of Children? Or Have the Information Needs of the CRC Improved Data about Children? -- 7 How are the Human Rights of Children Related to Research Methodology? -- 8 Using the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Law and Policy: Two Ways to Improve Compliance -- 9 Using the CRC to Inform EU Law and Policy-making -- 10 The Roles of Independent Children's Rights Institutions in Implementing the CRC -- 11 Multi-level Governance and CRC Implementation -- 12 Human Rights and Child Poverty in the UK: Time for Change -- 13 An Exploration of the Discrimination-Rights Dynamic in Relation to Children -- 14 Child Health Equity: From Theory to Reality -- 15 Our Rights, Our Story: Funky Dragon's Report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child

1. The value and values of children's rights / Michael Freeman -- 2. Are children's rights still human? / Nigel Cantwell -- 3. Understanding a human rights based approach to matters involving children : conceptual foundations and strategic considerations / John Tobin -- 4. The CRC : dynamics and directions of monitoring and implementation / Jaap E. Doek -- 5. Acknowledging children as international citizens : a child-sensitive communication mechanism for the convention on the rights of the child / Geraldine Van Bueren -- 6. Has research improved the human rights of children or have the information needs of the CRC improved data about children? / Judith Ennew -- 7. How are the human rights of children related to research methodology? / Harriot Beazley. [et al.] -- 8. Using the Convention on the Rights of the Child in law and policy : two ways to improve / Ursula Kilkelly -- 9. Using the CRC to inform EU law and policy-making / Helen Stalford and Eleanor Drywood -- 10. The roles of independent human rights institutions in implementing the CRC / Brian Gran -- 11. Multi-level governance and CRC implementation / Jane Williams -- 12. Human rights and child poverty in the UK : time for change / Rhian Croke and Anne Crowley -- 13. An exploration of the discrimination-rights dynamic in relation to children / Elspeth Webb -- 14. Child health equity : from theory to reality / Jeffrey Goldhagen and Raul Mercer -- 15. Our rights, our story : Funky Dragon's report to the United Nations Committee on the rights of the child / Funky Dragon.