Children's Rights: From Philosophy to Public Policy

ISBN-13: 9781137492272 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 224 str.

Mhairi Cowden

Opis

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child now stands as the most ratified UN convention. However, under the surface of international agreement, there is still an unresolved debate as to whether children can really hold rights. Children are routinely treated as a "test-case" in philosophy or as second-class citizens in policy making. By examining contemporary and controversial cases, such as the rights of children born using donated gametes to know the identity of their donor, or whether transgender children can consent to puberty-inhibiting hormone treatment, Mhairi Cowden demonstrates how the philosophy of children's rights can help us to protect them in practice. She presents a strong argument for why children have rights and begins to translate children's rights from a "slogan without definition" into practical social and political instruments for change.

Spis treści

Table of contents
List of illustrations
Preface
PART I
1. Introduction
2. What is Special about Children?
3. Why Children do not hold Rights
4. Capacity and Competence
5. Why Children have Rights
PART II
6. A Right to Develop
7. A Right to Know
8. A Right to Medical Decision Making
9. A Right to be Loved
10. A Future for Children ' 's Rights
References
Index

O autorze

Mhairi Cowden is a Policy Officer within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet for the Government of Western Australia.