Implementing the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child a standard of living adequate for development
Title:
Implementing the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child a standard of living adequate for development
Author:
Andrews, Arlene Bowers.
ISBN:
9780275962654
9780313003615
Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxvi, 254 p.)
Contents:
Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Securing Adequate Living Conditions for Each Child's Development; 2 Drafting and Interpreting Article 27; 3 The International Effort to Measure and Monitor the State of Children; 4 The Meaning of Child's Standard of Living; 5 The Relationship Between Standard of Living and Physical Development; 6 An Adequate Standard of Living Necessary for Children's Cognitive Mental Development; 7 A Standard of Living Adequate for Children's Spiritual Development; 8 The Meaning of a Standard of Living Adequate for Moral and Civic Development.
Abstract:
This work discusses issues affecting families, communities, and governments as they seek to secure "the right of every child to a standard of living adequate for the child's physical, mental, spiritual, moral, and social development" as stipulated by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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