Law reform and implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Law reform and implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Florence, Italy : UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, [2007]
Description:	ix, 135 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Convention on the Rights of the Child. Convention on the Rights of the Child -- (1989 November 20) Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. Children's rights. Children (International law) Children (International law) Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. Children's rights.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8684432

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Other authors / contributors:	UNICEF. Innocenti Research Centre.
ISBN:	9788889129661 8889129662
Notes:	"December 2007"--T.p. verso. Errata slip inserted. Includes bibliographical references. Also issued online.
Summary:	"The study reviews the legislation concerning the rights of children adopted by 52 States parties since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. With the goal of providing an overview of the scope and content of new legislation adopted since 1989, the report covers 18 of the general principles and rights contained in the Convention. Three subjects that deserve further investigation are identified: the process of law reform, its place as part of a broad child rights strategy, and the actual impact of legislation of this kind on children."--Publisher's website.
Other form:	Online version: Law reform and implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Florence, Italy : UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, [2007]

Table of Contents:

Introduction: the aim, scope, sources and terminology of this study
The status of the Convention in national legal systems
Reservations and declarations to the Convention
Constitutional recognition of child rights
Global overview of law reform
The incorporation of general principles into national law
The civil rights of children
The right to health care
The right to education
The right to a family environment
Alternative care
Violence, abuse and neglect
Sexual exploitation
Child labour
Juvenile justice
Children and armed conflict
Child refugees and asylum seekers
Children belonging to minorities
Conclusions.