Revisiting children's rights : 10 years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child / Ten years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 10 years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child edited by Deirdre Fottrell. - x, 196 pages ; 25 cm

Papers from a series of lunchtime seminars that took place in the autumn of 1999 at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / One step forward or two steps sideways? assessing the first decade of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child / Children and cultural diversity / Islamic perspectives on the rights of the child / Feminism and children's rights: the politics of voice / Interpretations of children's identity rights / The impact of the Convention on the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights / Children and armed conflict: some issues of law and policy / Ending corporal punishment of children / Mary Robinson -- Deirdre Fottrell -- Michael Freeman -- M. Siraj Sait -- Hilary Lim and Jeremy Roche -- Katherine O'Donovan -- Ursula Kilkelly -- Jenny Kuper -- Peter Newell. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8.

Papers from a series of lunchtime seminars that took place in the autumn of 1999 at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989 November 20)


Children (International law)
Children--Legal status, laws, etc.
Children's rights.

K639 / .R48 2000

341.48572