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Title Protecting the world's children : impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in diverse legal systems / UNICEF
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 272 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. A Comparative Study of the Impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Law Reform in Selected Common Law Countries / Rebeca Rios-Kohn -- 2. A Comparative Study of the Impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Law Reform in Selected Civil Law Countries / Emilio Garcia Mendez -- 3. A Comparative Perspective of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Principles of Islamic Law: Law Reform and Children's Rights in Muslim Jurisdictions / Shaheen Sardar Ali -- 4. Law Reform and Children's Rights in Plural Legal Systems: Some Experiences in Sub-Saharan Africa / Savitri Goonesekere
Summary "Protecting the World's Children: Impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Diverse Legal Systems is a review of the ways in which the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has been incorporated into national legislation around the world. It comprises four studies that compare experiences from countries with different types of legal traditions, highlighting common characteristics, developments and trends as a basis for the work of practitioners in this area
The book provides examples of ways in which the CRC has been successfully incorporated into diverse legal systems and derives from that experience a framework for improved alignment of national legislation with human rights instruments and with the CRC in particular, taking into account not only the provisions of the CRC but also its underlying principles, such as indivisibility of rights and the importance of partnership in realizing children's rights. As such it provides practitioners with a tool for supporting the legal aspects of implementation of the CRC as a foundation for implementation overall."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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SUBJECT Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989 November 20)
Convention on the Rights of the Child fast
Subject Children -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Children (International law)
LAW -- Child Advocacy.
Children (International law)
Children -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant (1989)
Enfants -- Statut juridique -- Études comparatives.
Enfants -- Statut juridique (droit international)
Form Electronic book
Author UNICEF.
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