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Summary: The 'Legislative History of the Convention on the Rights of the Child' is the result of ten years of work by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Save the Children Sweden. [GENEVA, 11 June 2007] - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour and Save the Children Sweden this week launched the Legislative History of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a new publication that will become an essential research tool for children's rights advocates. "This major study documents how the Convention on the Rights of the Child came to represent a sea change in the way the international community was prepared to address the rights of children," the High Commissioner writes in the book's preface. The two-volume set lists among the many major advances ushered in by the Convention recognition, for the first time in a human rights treaty, of the differential and often discriminatory impact that national legislation, policies, attitudes and cultural traditions can have on girls. The Legislative History of the Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first comprehensive record of the drafting of the Convention. The publication is available in two parts: Part I and Part II. Further information
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