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- A Magna Carta for Children?
- A Magna Carta for Children?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- The Hamlyn Trust
- The Hamlyn Lectures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Prelude
- Part I Is it Wrong to Think of Children as Human Beings?
- Part II Even Lawyers Were Children Once
- 3 The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Its Principles
- 4 The Convention: Norms and Themes
- 5 Enforcing Children’s Rights
- 6 Criticisms of the Convention
- 7 Beyond the Convention
- 8 Interlude: What We Can Learn from the Sociology of Childhood
- 9 Childhoods and Rights
- 10 Regional Children’s Rights
- 11 Child-Friendly Justice
- 12 The World Twenty-Five Years On: New Issues and Responses
- Part III A Magna Carta for Children
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - The Convention: Norms and Themes
from Part II - Even Lawyers Were Children Once
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2020
- A Magna Carta for Children?
- A Magna Carta for Children?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- The Hamlyn Trust
- The Hamlyn Lectures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Prelude
- Part I Is it Wrong to Think of Children as Human Beings?
- Part II Even Lawyers Were Children Once
- 3 The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Its Principles
- 4 The Convention: Norms and Themes
- 5 Enforcing Children’s Rights
- 6 Criticisms of the Convention
- 7 Beyond the Convention
- 8 Interlude: What We Can Learn from the Sociology of Childhood
- 9 Childhoods and Rights
- 10 Regional Children’s Rights
- 11 Child-Friendly Justice
- 12 The World Twenty-Five Years On: New Issues and Responses
- Part III A Magna Carta for Children
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The last chapter discussed the general principles, as identified by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. This chapter considers some of the main rights in the Convention, using the standard taxonomy of protection (including prevention), provision and participation.
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- A Magna Carta for Children?Rethinking Children's Rights, pp. 131 - 219Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020