Children's Rights : : Multidisciplinary Approaches to Participation and Protection / / Tom O'Neill, Dawn Zinga.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: O'Neill, Tom,; Zinga, Dawn,
• MitwirkendeR: Audet, Karyn,; Aunos, Marjorie,; Bennett, Sheila,; Dworet, Don,; Evans, Angela,; Feldman, Maurice,; Finlay, Judy,; Gosse, Leanne,; Griffiths, Dorothy,; Johnny, Leanne,; Johnson, Candace,; Kurytnik, Karen,; Lacharite, Monique,; Le Mare, Lucy,; Marini, Zopito A.,; Mcqueen-Fuentes, Glenys,; O'Neill, Tom,; Owen, Frances,; Pearson, Senator Landon,; Raby, Rebecca,; Roberts, Kim P.,; Sales, Carol,; Shariff, Shaheen,; Skott-Myhre, Hans,; Stoner, Karen,; Tardif-Williams, Christine,; Tarulli, Donato,; Vliet, Johanna Van,; Young, Sherri,; Zahos, Manta,; Zinga, Dawn,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child was incorporated into international law in 1989. Since its adoption, it has been ratified by nearly all member nations. An outline of the basic rights of all persons under the age of 18, the Convention has various implications and its importance cannot be contested. This collection focuses on children's rights as defined by the U.N. Convention, and their relevance in both national and international contexts.The contributors discuss the Convention from different disciplinary perspectives, but are united in the belief that it is a tool to be utilized and contextualized by individuals, institutions, and communities. If there is a single conviction to be found throughout Children's Rights it is that the rights of the child are far too important to be left to states alone to provide and protect. To paint a detailed picture of the subject as a whole, the volume looks at situations in which the basic rights of children are often denied such as violent social conflict, parental abandonment, and social inequality. Consisting of thirteen essays by prominent scholars, it is an in-depth and interdisciplinary exploration of the significance of children's rights, and a tremendous resource for those working with children and youth in institutional and educational settings.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: A WORLD OF CHILDREN'S RIGHTS -- 1. The Dilemma of Child and Youth Participation in Nepal's People's War -- 2. Protecting the Rights of International 'Orphans': Evaluating the Alternatives -- 3. Becoming-Child: Ontology, Immanence, and the Production of Child and Youth Rights -- 4. Children's Right to Education: Contextualizing Its Expression in Developed and Developing Countries -- PART TWO: PROTECTING CHILDREN'S RIGHTS -- 5. Entitlement beyond the Family: Global Rights Commitments and Children's Health Policy in Canada -- 6. There's No Place Like Home: The Child's Right to Family -- 7. Human Rights for Children and Youth with Developmental Disabilities -- 8. Protecting the Rights of Alleged Victims of Child Abuse in Adult-Based Judicial Systems -- PART THREE: WEIGHING PROTECTION AND PARTICIPATION RIGHTS IN SCHOOLS -- 9. Child Rights in Cyber-Space: Protection, Participation, and Privacy -- 10. Too Little, Too Late: The Right to Comprehensive Sexual Health Education in Childhood and Adolescence -- 11. Special Education Rights: Services for Children with Special Needs in Ontario Schools -- 12. Bullying Prevention and the Rights of Children: Psychological and Democratic Aspects -- 13. Rights and Responsibility: Secondary School Conduct Codes and the Production of Passive Citizenship -- Contributors