Children, Rights, and the Law

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Summary: OUP's summary of the publication
The adoption in November 1989, by the
UN General Assembly, of the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the
Child heralded the arrival of a new era
in the development of children's
rights. OUP's summary of the publication
The adoption in November 1989, by the UN General Assembly, of the
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child heralded the
arrival of a new era in the development of children's rights. As of
March 1991 over 75 states have ratified the Convention. Using the
Convention as a framework the contributors to this volume set out to
re-evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of approaching issues of
children's welfare and well-being through the lens of a `rights'
approach. The aim is to take a fresh look at these issues and to do
so with specific reference to an international treaty that is certain
to be ratified by a very large number of countries in every region of
the world and which will soon be legally binding in many states.

Owner: Philip Alston, Stephen Parker, John Seymour

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Oxford University Press
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