Documentation Materials

What does 'implementation' mean in terms of the Convention on the Rights of the Child?

For children's rights to have meaning, it is not enough for States to accept - or ratify - the ...

What is justice when it comes to children’s rights?

The law can be a very powerful tool for enforcing human rights and addressing violations. But the...

CRC article 40: Administration of Juvenile Justice

-            States Parties recognize the right of every child alleged as, accused of, or...

Violence Against Children : Kidnapping

Definitions of “kidnapping” may vary from country to country. In the UK, the definition of the...

Child discrimination and the media

Media portrayal of children has a profound impact on attitudes to children and childhood, and is an...

violence against children: Psychological Punishment

Article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child states that: "States Parties shall take all...

Violence Against Children: Psychological abuse

Violence against children usually evokes images or impressions of physical abuse, but psychological...

CRC article 19: Protection from abuse and neglect

-  States Parties shall take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational...

Violence against children: Physical Punishment

The Committee on the Rights of the Child defines ‘physical’ or ‘corporal’punishment as: "…any...

children's freedom of association

Children, like adults, have the right to participate in protests and form or join associations....

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