Children's Rights. Reflections on and Consequences of the Use of Developmental Psychology in Working for the Interests of Children. The Norwegian Ombudsman for Children: A Practical Experience.

Autor/in	Flekkoy, M. G.
Institution	Ghent Univ. (Belgium). Children's Rights Centre.
Titel	Children's Rights. Reflections on and Consequences of the Use of Developmental Psychology in Working for the Interests of Children. The Norwegian Ombudsman for Children: A Practical Experience.
Quelle	(1993), (546 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	90-74751-13-X
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Child Advocacy; Child Welfare; Children; Childrens Rights; Developmental Psychology; Foreign Countries; Global Approach; International Organizations; International Programs; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Kinder- und Jugendanwaltschaft; Kindeswohl; Child; Kind; Kinder; 'Children''s rights'; Kindesrecht; Entwicklungspsychologie; Ausland; Globales Denken; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Norwegen
Abstract	Since the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, nations are obligated to submit regular reports to the international Expert Committee, which will require monitoring conditions for children. This study discusses the Norwegian Ombudsman for Children as a useful source of experience for other countries. Chapter 1 presents those trends in legal rights, child psychology, human rights, and public opinion that converged in the 1950s and 1960s to create an international concern for children's rights. Chapter 2 shows how in the last 10 to 15 years children have been seen as competent, active subjects, instead of passive objects. Chapter 3 describes developments in Norway that led to the establishment in 1981 of the Ombudsman for Children. Chapters 4 and 5 describe the establishment of and changes in the Ombudsman, its practical work, how cases were handled, and those elements and issues of developmental psychology that were most helpful in its work. Chapter 6 evaluates the Ombudsman in terms of its own goals and of government and public opinion. Chapter 7 discusses the principal facts contributing to the achievements of the Office, and how its experience might apply to other countries. Finally, Chapter 8 examines how the Norwegian Ombudsman might serve as a model to other countries, and examines whether child-related social science (developmental psychology in particular) can improve conditions for children in work conducted at a national level. The study contains approximately 200 references, five appendixes, the text of the United Nations Convention, and a list of publications. (TM)
Anmerkungen	Children's Rights Center, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000, Gent, Belgium (700 Belgium Francs).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC