Since the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) children s rights have assumed a central position in a wide variety of disciplines and policies. This handbook offers an engaging overview of the contemporary research landscape for those people involved in the theory and practice of children s rights.
The volume offers a multidisciplinary approach to children s rights to children s rights, as well as key thematic issues in children s rights at the intersection of global and local concerns. The main approaches and topics within the volume are:
Law,...
Since the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) children s rights have assumed a central position in a wide variety of di...
Children s rights law is often studied and perceived in isolation from the broader field of human rights law. This volume explores the inter-relationship between children s rights law and more general human rights law in order to see whether elements from each could successfully inform the other. Children s rights law has a number of distinctive characteristics, such as the emphasis on the best interests of the child, the use of general principles, and the inclusion of third parties (e.g. parents and other care-takers) in treaty provisions. The first part of this book questions whether...
Children s rights law is often studied and perceived in isolation from the broader field of human rights law. This volume explores the inter-relati...
