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Title

The convention on the rights of the child : United Nations lawmaking on human rights / by Lawrence J. LeBlanc.

Author

LeBlanc, Lawrence J.

Publication

Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press, c1995.

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Description

xxiii, 337 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

In November 1989, the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) after nearly a decade of debate over its merits and provisions. Less than a year later, it was ratified by twenty countries, the threshold number required for implementation. No other UN human rights treaty was ever ratified so rapidly and with such enthusiasm. In this carefully researched book, Lawrence J. LeBlanc provides a historical overview of the origins of the CRC and children's rights work, places the issues and problems into the broader perspective of the United Nations lawmaking process, provides an in-depth analysis of the children's rights enumerated in the treaty, and projects the prospects for effective implementation of the CRC. He outlines why the convention comes at the best possible time and how it represents the single most important international document on children's rights. With the CRC's broad ratification, its political significance continues to grow. Close cooperation among the UN monitoring committee, UNICEF and other UN agencies, and nongovernmental organizations make it difficult for governments to ignore their pledges. Although the conditions under which many of the world's children are living give rise to legitimate concern about the CRC's real impact, LeBlanc demonstrates that our greatest hope comes from working to reduce the thin line between commitment and cliche.--Publisher description.

Series Statement

Human rights in international perspective ; v. 3

Uniform Title

Human rights in international perspective ; v. 3.

Subject

• United Nations
• Children (International law)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-332) and index.

Contents

Establishing the convention -- Origins and background -- Drafting and ratifying the convention -- Defining children's rights -- Survival rights -- Membership rights -- Protection rights -- Empowerment rights -- The committee on the rights of the child -- Structure of the committee -- Functions of the committee.

ISBN

0803229097 (cl)

LCCN

^^^94011887^

OCLC

• 30111311
• SCSB-9960672

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library