Children's Human Rights Progress and Challenges for Children Worldwide,9780742529878

Children's Human Rights Progress and Challenges for Children Worldwide

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ISBN13: 9780742529878
ISBN10: 0742529878
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2005-06-22
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

Children's human rights are regularly violated around the world. We hear about graphic examples including child soldiers, child prostitutes, and children sold into slavery, but hungry, sick, and orphaned children are equally at risk and more prevalent. In

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: A Human Rights Approach to the Needs of Children 1(6)
Linda C. Majka
Mark Ensalaco
PART I: CHILDREN'S RIGHTS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
7(74)
The Right of the Child to Development
9(22)
Mark Ensalaco
Transforming Visions into Reality: The Convention on the Rights of the Child
31(22)
Jill Marie Gerschutz
Margaret P. Karns
Strengthening the Framework for Enforcing Children's Rights: An Integrated Approach
53(28)
Ursula Kilkelly
PART II: CHILDREN IN A DANGEROUS WORLD
81(88)
The Problem of Sexual Trafficking in Postcommunist Europe
85(26)
Jaro Bilocerkowycz
Three Prints in the Dirt: Child Soldiers and Human Rights
111(16)
Mary B. Geske
Mark Ensalaco
Children's Rights and the Tenuousness of Local Coalitions: A Case Study in Nicaragua
127(22)
Richard Maclure
Melvin Sotelo
Protecting Children on the Margins: Social Justice and Community Building
149(20)
Laura M. Leming
Bro. Raymond L. Fitz
PART III: CHILDREN'S RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES
169(78)
Child Farm Workers in United States Agriculture
173(24)
Linda C. Majka
Theo J. Majka
Human Rights and Juvenile Justice in the United States
197(32)
Rosemary C. Sarri
Jeffrey J. Shook
The Challenges of Human Rights Education and the Impact on Children's Rights
229(18)
Joyce Apsel
Conclusion: Some Progress, Many Challenges 247(14)
Mark Ensalaco
Linda C. Majka
Index 261(14)
About the Contributors 275

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