A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 33: Protection from Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
1st Edition
Published on 28. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
108 pages
978-90-04-14732-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume constitutes a commentary on Article 33 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is part of the series, "A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child", which provides an article by article analysis of all substantive, organizational and procedural provisions of the CRC and its two Optional Protocols. For every article, a comparison with related human rights provisions is made, followed by an in-depth exploration of the nature and scope of State obligations deriving from that article. The series constitutes an essential tool for actors in the field of children's rights, including academics, students, judges, grassroots workers, governmental, non- governmental and international officers. The series is sponsored by the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office.
Reviews / Votes
"This book provides considerable guidance on how human rights principles can and should provide the basis to law, policy and practice in relation to the issue of children and drugs policy."-Aoife Daly, University of Liverpool
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
181 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-14732-4 (9789004147324)
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Persons
Damon Barrett is Senior Human Rights Analyst with London-based Harm Reduction International and cofounder of the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy. He is an editor-in-chief of the International Journal on Human Rights and Drug Policy, and editor of Children of the Drug War: Perspectives on the Impact of Drug Policies on Young People (IDEA, iDebate Press, New York and Amsterdam, 2011). Philip E. Veerman is a psychologist at Bouman mental health services in Rotterdam, where he is responsible for the professional training programme for health psychologists. He is an independent expert of the courts in the Netherlands.
Content
List of Abbreviations; Author Biographies; Text of Article 33; Foreword by Dr. Dainius Puras Chapter One: Introduction: 1. Drugs and the CRC: A neglected issue; 2. Children as justification in drug control; 3. Article 33 in academic literature and drug policy discourse; Chapter Two: Comparison with Related International Human Rights Provisions: 1. Relationship to other international instruments; 2. Relationship to other articles of the CRC; Chapter Three: Scope of Article 33: 1. How the CRC Committee has dealt with article 33; 2. Unpacking the text; 3. Commentary on the text; Conclusion.