Children's rights.
Date | 01 January 2009 |
Author | Doyle, Marilyn |
Finding the balance between parental authority (the rights of parents to make decisions for and about their children) and children's autonomy (the rights of children to have age-appropriate control over their own well-being) is a challenge for both society as a whole and the legal system in particular. A variety of online resources are available to help you explore this issue further.
One core document is the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (adopted 1989; entered into force 1990) which sets forth a full spectrum of civil, cultural, economic, social and political rights for children. Since its adoption, it has been ratified more quickly and by more governments than any other human rights instrument. UNICEF has two sections of their website devoted to information about this document and its implications. The first, UNICEF > Convention on the Rights of the Child (http:// www.unicef.org/crc/index_30160.html) provides some general...
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