This collection of essays by a variety of scholars, compiled to celebrate the silver anniversary of the International Journal of Children's Rights, builds on work already in the literature to reveal where we are now at and how the law concerned with children is reacting to new d…
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It is often said that you can judge a society by the way it treats its weaker members. This book takes this theme and examines the ways in which different aspects of children's lives are treated in a number of societies. To this end it uses the conduit of children's rights. The …
La 4e de couverture indique : "Corporal Punishment of Children - Comparative Legal and Social Developments towards Prohibition and Beyond provides insights into the views and experiences of prominent academics, and political, religious, and human rights activists from Australia,…
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Despite children making up around a quarter of the population, the first edition of this book was the first to focus on a public health approach to the health and sickness of children and young people. It combined clinical and academic perspectives to explore the current state o…
UNICEF, the UN Children's Fund, is renowned for its efficiency in both rich and poor countries. Created as a humanitarian agency, it is now one of the international development institutions concerned with children and mothers. The book relates the creation of UNICEF, the evoluti…
"UNICEF faces a problem of identity. What is its target group: children? Or also mothers? Or women in general? Following the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, UNICEF is now 'guided' by the Convention. Has it become a human rights institution? Should …
