Thirty years on from the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the
Child (UNCRC)(United Nations (UN), 1989), this final chapter reflects critically on what has …

This chapter opens The Routledge International Handbook of Young Children's Rights,
marking the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child …

This book provides different perspectives on the concept of children's rights, including policy,
educational, and children's perspectives. It examines how the crucial ideas of the …

Nations 1989). Since that time, social reform agendas stemming from the Convention have
been instrumental in addressing national and international policies in relation to the rights of …

The idea that children are bearers of rights rather than objects of concern is relatively recent
but it is one that has been enormously influential. In terms of national and international …

The very first article of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) sets
out the definition of the child, for the Convention, and defines it by age: a child is every …

In recent months I have been busy editing with Beth Blue Swadener and Kylie Smith 'The
Routledge International Handbook of Young Children's Rights'. Drawing on the work of more …

The global embracing of children's rights, at least in theory, is illustrated by the almost global
ratification over the past few decades of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the …

Children's rights have become a significant field of study during the past decades, largely
due to the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in …

Over the last few decades, children's rights have assumed a central position in a wide
variety of disciplines and policies. More than 25 years after the adoption of the UN …