The Participation Rights of the Child: Rights and Responsibilities in Family and Society
Published on 1. July 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-1-85302-490-0 (ISBN)
Description
This introductory text, written by one of the world's authorities on the rights of the child, covers all the issues involved in a comprehensive and accessible way. The book should be required reading on human rights courses, as well as key background reading for a wide range of professionals who work with children.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has now been ratified by 190 nations, and debates on the implementation of the Convention in practice are growing. This book offers criteria for considering children's self-expression, and provides practical examples, focusing on ordinary children in everyday situations, and considering the evolving capacities of the child, from birth to adulthood. Although it is not a book primarily about law, the key legal issues are included, and the book contains examples of practical issues from many different cultures.
The authors open with a discussion of human rights in general, then focusing on the basis for rights for children and the role of the Convention, and the key issues involved. The second part of the book looks at participation rights and rights of self-expression in both theory and practice - the legal and political implications, and the practical implementation of rights. The third part of the book focuses on the exercise of the rights self-expression, the empowerment of children, and how, in practical terms, this can be implemented. A wide range of situations are looked at and the authors also discuss the relationship between rights and responsibility.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has now been ratified by 190 nations, and debates on the implementation of the Convention in practice are growing. This book offers criteria for considering children's self-expression, and provides practical examples, focusing on ordinary children in everyday situations, and considering the evolving capacities of the child, from birth to adulthood. Although it is not a book primarily about law, the key legal issues are included, and the book contains examples of practical issues from many different cultures.
The authors open with a discussion of human rights in general, then focusing on the basis for rights for children and the role of the Convention, and the key issues involved. The second part of the book looks at participation rights and rights of self-expression in both theory and practice - the legal and political implications, and the practical implementation of rights. The third part of the book focuses on the exercise of the rights self-expression, the empowerment of children, and how, in practical terms, this can be implemented. A wide range of situations are looked at and the authors also discuss the relationship between rights and responsibility.
Reviews / Votes
This book is both informative and thought-provoking in its content, style of writing, the factual information it presents and the conclusions it reaches. It gives a clear, comprehensive account of the development of research and legislation which has culminated in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child... Will give valuable insights and information to a variety of agencies and experts involved in working with children - social services, specialists in children's law, all professionals involved in educating children and, most importantly, parents... Difficult "grey" areas are debated and clarified such as "what is a child?" and "what rights do children have?"... This is a book I shall purchase for the Staff Development Library and would encourage colleagues in Primary and Secondary education to read. -- International Journal of Children's SpiritualityMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
304 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85302-490-0 (9781853024900)
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Persons
M?lfrid Grude Flekk is a Norwegian clinical child psychologist who qualified at the University of Oslo and the Norwegian Association of Psychologists as a specialist of child and adolescent psychology. From 1981 to 1989 she served as the first Ombudsman for Children in the world, after which she was appointed Senior Fellow at the UNICEF International Child Development Centre in Florence, Italy. Natalie Hevener Kaufman is Professor of Government and International Studies at the University of South Carolina and Director of the Office of Families and Democracy in Society.
Content
Introductory remarks. PART 1: The Rationale for Children's Rights 1. Human Rights in General. 2. The Basis of Rights for Children. 3. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child. PART 2: Participation Rights and Rights of Self-Expression 4. Important Legal Recognition. 5. Foundations for Participation and Self-Expression. 6. Considerations in the Practical Application of Rights. PART 3: Promotion and Exercise of Self-Expression Rights 7. Promotion and Exercise of Self-Expression Rights. Concluding remarks. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.