Suchergebnisse

chapter Introduction -- part Part I: Origins -- chapter 1 Janusz Korczak-His Legacy and its Relevance for Children's Rights Today -- chapter 2 Transnational treaties on children's rights: Norm building and circulation in the twentieth century -- chapter 3 Are Children's Rights Still Human? -- chapter 4 Role of the United States in the Drafting of the Convention on the Rights of the Child -- part Part II: Influential Scholarship -- chapter 5 The value and values of children's rights -- chapter 6 Out of children's needs, children's rights: The child's voice in defining the family -- chapter 7 The Interests of the child and the child's wishes: the role of dynamic self-determinism -- part Part III: Implementation -- chapter 8 International Human Rights Law: Imperialist, Inept and Ineffective? Cultural Relativism and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child -- chapter 9 Reservations to the Convention on the Rights of the Child -- chapter 10 Incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Law: A Comparative Review -- chapter 11 Miseducating children about their rights -- part Part IV: International Reach -- chapter 12 The CRC in Litigation under EU Law -- chapter 13 Chicken soup or chainsaws: some implications of the constitutionalisation of children's rights in South Africa -- chapter 14 The "Politics" of Children's Rights and Child Labour in India: A Social Constructionist Perspective -- chapter 15 Constitutional Fidelity through Children's Rights -- part Part V: Interdisciplinary Scholarship -- chapter 16 Children's rights: Some feminist approaches to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child -- chapter 17 The rights of children, the rights of nations: Developmental theory and the politics of children's rights -- chapter 18 A Person's a Person: Children's Rights in Children's Literature -- part Part VI: Involving Children -- chapter 19 Participation Rights of Premature Babies -- chapter 20 What responsibility do courts have to hear children's voices? -- chapter 21 Children's rights and research processes: Assisting children to (in)formed views -- part Part VII: Issues that are Contested -- chapter 22 The Unborn Child and Abortion Under the Draft Convention on the Rights of the Child -- chapter 23 Child Imprisonment: A case for Abolition? -- chapter 24 Public international law and the regulation of private spaces: Does the convention on the rights of the child impose an obligation on states to allow gay and lesbian couples to adopt? -- chapter 25 Some Australian children's perceptions of physical punishment in childhood.

Child focus does not necessarily imply children's rights. For a child's rights to be exercised, the child must be seen in the context of his or her family and community, and hence the parents' rights must also be respected. Recognition of children's rights by default rather than affirmative action leaves open the possibility that the child's rights may not be adhered to.

An introductory essay to a special issue on children's rights looks at the relation between convictions expressed by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) & actual commitments. The many ways children's rights are violated across the globe are described, including the increasing number of children living in poverty, as well as those who are victims of neglect, assault, armed conflict, work accidents, & landmines. The complexity of children's rights in the US is discussed, along with concerns over the refusal of the US & Somalia to sign the CRC, which has been ratified by 191 nations. Examination of reasons why so many countries have not developed integrated strategies for implementing the CRC argues that the technocratic nature of the discourse avoids addressing power relations that are crucial for understanding the needs of children. Other issues discussed include the roles played by nongovernmental organizations; conflicts between "commercial humanism" & "civic humanism"; & the importance of a global perspective. A synopsis of each essay is included. 18 References. J. Lindroth

The recent soccer tradegy at Brussels has no doubt many explanations, but one thing is certain. The offending Liverpool football supporters largely consisted of youths who had been greatly deprived in their childhood. Anyone who has been to Liverpool will be aware of the miserable living conditions that many families find themselves in. It is hardly surprising that children from this upbringing turned into hooligans who so disgraced their country.Children are the citizens of the future. The future of Australia too depends on the children of today. It is therefore urgent that we protect the interests of children, who, of course, do not have a voice of their own.This Bureau is one of the few organizations in Australia concerned to see that legislation is passed which is truly in the best interests of children. There are many areas which give rise to great concern.

Intense political, social and scientific efforts to improve the position of children are converging rapidly, centered on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is therefore reasonable to assume that there is broad consensus in the international community on how to take the position of children in society seriously. Despite the unique success of the Convention, the situation is such that it forces us, as a matter of urgency, to explore, develop and implement guarantees for effective monitoring of the implementation of the Convention's provisions. In the end, rights are only effective when implemented. This book, containing the contributions made and discussed at the European Conference on Monitoring Children's Rights (organized by Ghent University's Children's Rights Centre in December 1994), presents the results of interdisciplinary research into monitoring to a wider scientific forum. Several monitoring issues are tackled, with particular emphasis on the reporting system: what should be reported (the content of the reports) and who should report (the more formal and procedural aspects of reporting)? Apart from a suitable monitoring mechanism, there is also the self-executing force of the Convention, making it directly enforceable in national courts. Ongoing and dynamic monitoring can be a powerful impetus to making systematic progress in this area. The debate on monitoring the Children's Rights Convention may in this way expand into an attractive and exemplary debate on human rights conventions in general. This book will therefore not only meet the requirements of all those working in the field of children's rights, but can also provide appealing material for all those involved in the field of monitoring human rights