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Additional authors

1. Verhellen, Eugeen.

Description

1. xxvi, 940 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

1. Intense political, social and scientific efforts to improve the position of children are converging rapidly, centered on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is therefore reasonable to assume that there is broad consensus in the international community on how to take the position of children in society seriously. Despite the unique success of the Convention, the situation is such that it forces us, as a matter of urgency, to explore, develop and implement guarantees for effective monitoring of the implementation of the Convention's provisions. In the end, rights are only effective when implemented. This book, containing the contributions made and discussed at the European Conference on Monitoring Children's Rights (organized by Ghent University's Children's Rights Centre), wishes to discuss, in a wider scientific forum, the results of interdisciplinary research into monitoring.
2. Several monitoring issues are tackled, with particular emphasis on the reporting system: what should be reported (the content of the reports) and who should report (the more formal and procedural aspects of reporting)? Apart from the suitable international monitoring mechanism, which also has national monitoring consequences, there is also the self-executing force of the Convention, making it directly enforceable in national courts. Ongoing and dynamic monitoring can be a powerful impetus for systematic progress. The debate on monitoring the Children's Rights Convention may in this way expand into an attractive and exemplary debate on human rights conventions in general. This book will therefore not only meet the requirements of all those working in the field of children's rights, but also provides appealing material for those involved in the field of monitoring human rights.

Subject

1. Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989 November 20) > Congresses
2. Convention on the Rights of the Child
3. Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)
4. Children (International law) > Congresses
5. Children's rights > Congresses
6. Children > Legal status, laws, etc. > Congresses
7. Child welfare > Congresses
8. Child welfare
9. Children (International law)
10. Children > Legal status, laws, etc
11. Children's rights
12. Kind
13. Rechtsstellung
14. Völkerrecht
15. Menschenrecht
16. Geschichte
17. Kongress
18. Rechten van het kind
19. Implementatie (wetgeving)
20. Monitoring
21. rights of the child
22. UN Convention
23. application
24. supervisory machinery
25. institutional framework
26. reporting system
27. role of UN
28. nongovernmental organization
29. regional level
30. national level
31. Enfants > Statut juridique (droit international) > Congrès
32. Enfants > Droits > Congrès
33. Enfants > Protection, assistance, etc. > Congrès
34. droits de l'enfant
35. convention de l'ONU
36. mécanisme de contrôle
37. cadre institutionnel
38. système de notification
39. rôle de l'ONU
40. organisation non gouvernementale
41. niveau régional
42. niveau national
43. derechos del niño
44. Convenio de la ONU
45. aplicación
46. mecanismo de control
47. organización institucional
48. sistema de notificación
49. papel de la ONU
50. organización no gubernamental
51. nivel regional
52. nivel nacional
53. RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
54. INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
55. CHILD WELFARE
56. CONFERENCES
57. developed countries
58. developing countries
59. pays développés
60. pays en développement
61. países desarrollados
62. países en desarrollo

Genre/Form

1. Congress
2. proceedings (reports)
3. Conference papers and proceedings
4. proceedings.
5. text.
6. Conference papers and proceedings.
7. Actes de congrès.
8. rapport de réunion.
9. texte.
10. informe de reunión.
11. texto.

Contents

1. Foreword / Samir Sanad Basta -- Monitoring Children's Rights / Eugeen Verhellen -- Establishing Accountability: Some Current Challenges in Relation to Human Rights Monitoring / Philip Alston -- Monitoring Childhood: Its Social, Economic and Political Features / Jens Qvortrup -- Monitoring Children's Rights and Monitoring Childhood: Different Tasks? / Ferran Casas -- Children's Participation and Monitoring Children's Rights / Malfrid Grude Flekkoy -- Monitoring: Back to Basic Questions / Nigel Cantwell -- Monitoring Human Rights: Formal and Procedural Aspects / Johan Vande Lanotte and Geert Goedertier -- Monitoring Children's Rights: Cutting Through the Confusion and Planning for Effective Action / James R. Himes -- Monitoring Children's Rights: A View from Within / Marta Santos Pais -- Recourse Procedures Against the Violation of Children's Rights in European Countries / Pascale Boucaud.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. "Contributions made and discussed at the European Conference on Monitoring Children's Rights, December 1994"--Preface.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.