UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: some common criticisms and suggested responses

✍ Scribed by Priscilla Alderson

• Book ID: 101350244
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 56 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0952-9136
• DOI: 10.1002/1099-0852(200011/12)9:6<439::aid-car657>3.0.co;2-v

✦ Synopsis

The CRC is about liberty rights and not about protecting children'

ž The CRC is about liberty rights and not about protecting children ž The CRC gives children dangerous freedoms and undermines respect for adults and for parents ž Ideas about their rights could encourage children to be greedy, selfish and irresponsible ž The CRC could lead to complacency that treaties alone are enough to improve conditions for children

The responses to these criticisms seek to show the great value and potential of the CRC in helping to reduce the abuse of children across the world.