Unicef

Protecting the World's Children

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book contains four studies that consider the challenges of implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child in different legal traditions or systems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 421g
• ISBN-13: 9780521732918
• ISBN-10: 0521732913
• Artikelnr.: 24701920

Autorenporträt

Since 1946, UNICEF has been a driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. UNICEF works in 192 countries through country programs and national committees. UNICEF upholds the Convention on the Rights of the Child and works for Millennium Development Goals and for the progress promised in the United Nations Charter.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction and overview Savitri Gooneskere; 1. A comparative study of the
impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: law reform in selected
common law countries Rebeca Rios-Kohn; 2. A comparative study of the impact
of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: law reform in selected civil
law countries Emilio Garcia Mendez; 3. A comparative perspective of the
Convention on the Rights of the Child and the principles of Islamic law:
law reform and children's rights in Muslim jurisdictions Shaheen Sardar
Ali; 4. Law reform and children's rights in plural legal systems: some
experiences in sub-Saharan Africa Savitri Gooneskere.