The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child : taking stock after 25 years and looking ahead /

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Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, ©2017.
Description:	xxvi, 938 pages ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Convention on the Rights of the Child -- (1989 November 20) -- History. Convention on the Rights of the Child. Children (International law) Children's rights. Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. Sexually abused children -- Legal status, laws, etc. Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States. Children (International law) Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. Children's rights. Sexually abused children -- Legal status, laws, etc. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10925020

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Other authors / contributors:	Liefaard, Ton, 1978- editor. Sloth-Nielsen, Julia, editor.
ISBN:	9789004295049 9004295046
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	In 2014 the world?s most widely ratified human rights treaty, one specifically for children, reached the milestone of its twenty-fifth anniversary. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and in the time since then it has entered a new century, reshaping laws, policies, institutions and practices across the globe, along with fundamental conceptions of who children are, their rights and entitlements, and society?s duties and obligations to them. 00Yet despite its rapid entry into force worldwide, there are concerns that the Convention remains a high-level paper treaty without the traction on the ground needed to address ever-continuing violations of children?s rights. This book, based on papers from the conference ?25 Years CRC? held by the Department of Child Law at Leiden University, draws together a rich collection of research and insight by academics, practitioners, NGOs and other specialists to reflect on the lessons of the past 25 years, take stock of how international rights find their way into children?s lives at the local level, and explore the frontiers of children?s rights for the 25 years ahead.

Table of Contents:

25 years CRC : reflecting on successes, failures, and the future / Ton Liefaard and Julia Sloth-Nielsen
The Convention on the Rights of the Child : 25 years and beyond / Vitit Muntarbhorn
Protecting children across borders : the interaction between the CRC and the Hague children's conventions / Hans van Loon
Legal challenges and strategies for combating online sexual violence against children : making children's rights future-proof / Corinne Dettmeijer-Vermeulen
Are 'best interests' a pillar or a problem for implementing the human rights of children? / Nigel cantwell
Child rights in the United States : 25 years later and counting / Yvonne Vissing
CRC dialogues : does the Committee on the Rights of the Child 'speak' to the national courts? / Meda Couzens.

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