TY - BOOK ID - 61527060 TI - The Oxford handbook of children's rights law AU - Todres, Jonathan AU - King, Shani PY - 2020 SN - 0190097639 9780190097639 9780190097608 0190097604 PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Children KW - Children's rights KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - Child welfare KW - Child rights KW - Children's human rights KW - Rights of children KW - Rights of the child KW - Human rights KW - Law and legislation KW - Law KW - Civil rights KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - E-books KW - Children - Legal status, laws, etc UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:61527060 AB - "Children’s rights law is a relatively young but rapidly developing discipline. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the field’s core legal instrument, is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history. Yet, like children themselves, children’s rights are often relegated to the margins in mainstream legal, political, and other discourses, despite their application to approximately one-third of the world’s population and every human being’s first stages of life. Now thirty years old, the CRC signaled a definitive shift in the way children are viewed and understood—from passive objects subsumed within the family to full human beings with a distinct set of rights. Although the CRC and other children’s rights law have spurred positive changes in law, policies, and attitudes toward children in numerous countries, implementation remains a work in progress. We have reached the state in which more critical evaluation and assessment is needed of both the CRC and the large body of children’s rights law and policies that this treaty has inspired. We have moved from conceptualizing and adopting legislation to focusing on implementation and making the content of children’s rights meaningful in the lives of all children. This book provides a critical evaluation and assessment of children’s rights law, including the CRC. With contributions from leading scholars and practitioners from around the world, it aims to elucidate the content of children’s rights law, explore the complexities of implementation, and identify critical challenges and opportunities for children’s rights law."-- ER -