The CRC 20 Years: An Overview of Some of the Major Achievements and Remaining Challenges

Autor/in	Doek, Jaap E.
Titel	The CRC 20 Years: An Overview of Some of the Major Achievements and Remaining Challenges
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 33 (2009) 11, S.771-782 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.08.006
Schlagwörter	Conferences (Gatherings); Treaties; Childrens Rights; Child Welfare; International Programs; War; Prevention; Sexual Abuse; Violence; Federal Legislation; Program Evaluation; Civil Rights + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abkommen; 'Children''s rights'; Kindesrecht; Kindeswohl; Krieg; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Sexueller Missbrauch; Gewalt; Bundesrecht; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht
Abstract	On 20 November 1989, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). It entered into force on 2 September 1990 and has by now been ratified by 193 States, making the most universally ratified human rights treaty. This overview will present and discuss the impact of this treaty both at the international and the national level, an overview which necessarily has to be limited to some of the developments as a result of the implementation of the CRC. The first part of this paper will be devoted to the impact the CRC had and still has on the setting and development of the international agenda for the promotion and protection of the rights and welfare of children. Special attention will given to developments, achievements, and remaining challenges at the international level with regard to protection of children in armed conflict; prevention and the protection of children from sexual exploitation; and from all forms of violence. This will include some information on the impact of these international developments and actions at the national level, for example, in the area of legislation. The second part will focus on the impact at the national level. Given the wide scope of the CRC this part will be limited to some of the General Measures of Implementation (law reform, national programmes, and independent monitoring) and the General Principles (non-discrimination, best interest, right to be heard) of the CRC. This will be based on reports of States on the implementation of the CRC submitted to the CRC Committee and the Concluding Observations of this Committee and on a number of studies. The conclusion will provide remarks on poverty as one of the major remaining challenges for the implementation of children's rights. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10