Children's rights : progress and perspectives : essays from the International Journal of Children's Rights / edited by Michael Freeman.

Includes index.

Preliminary Material / Michael Freeman -- Introduction / Michael Freeman -- Why It Remains Important to Take Children’s Rights Seriously / Michael Freeman -- The Participation Rights of Premature Babies / Priscilla Alderson , Joanna Hawthorne and Killen Margaret -- Towards a Theory of Children’s Participation / Nigel Thomas -- Is the Honeymoon Over? Children and Young People’s Participation in Public Decision-Making / E. Kay and M. Tisdall -- The Principle of Non-Discrimination in the Convention on the Rights of the Child / Samantha Besson -- The Synthesis of Age and Gender: Intersectionality, International Human Rights Law and the Marginalisation of the Girl-Child / Nura Taefi -- Children and Religion under Article 14 UNCRC: A Critical Analysis / Sylvie Langlaude -- Mainstreaming Children’s Rights in, to and Through Education in a Society Emerging from Conflict / Laura Lundy -- Fostering Inclusive Societal Values Through Law / Lee Ann Basser and Melinda Jones -- Beyond the Supermarket Shelf: Using a Rights Based Approach to Address Children’s Health Needs / John Tobin -- Breastfeeding – A Human Rights Issue? / Michael C. Latham -- 'He'll learn it on his body': Disciplining Childhood in Canadian law / Anne McGillivray -- Legal Reform and Attitudes Toward Physical Punishment in Sweden / Joan E. Durrant -- Protecting Children’s Rights in Africa: A Critique of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child / ’Dejo Olowu -- Estonian Children’s Perceptions of Rights: Implications for Societies in Transition / Susan P. Limber , Vahur Kask , Mati Heidmets , Natalie Hevener Kaufman and Gary B. Melton -- The Sociology of Childhood in Relation to Children’s Rights / Berry Mayall -- Rights Flow Downhill / Katherine Hunt Federle -- The Century of the Child Revisited / Jeroen J.H. Dekker -- Janusz Korczak – His Legacy and its Relevance for Children’s Rights Today / Gabriel Eichsteller -- Index / Michael Freeman.

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More has been written about children, childhood and children’s rights in the last 20 years than in the rest of history. There are more university courses focusing on children now than ever before. The International Journal of Children’s Rights has been a major player in all this. Its impact is worldwide. It has established itself as the leading journal in the field. The journal is now in its 19th year, and is flourishing. This volume has been compiled not only to commemorate the journal’s work, but also the 20th anniversary of the Convention coming into operation, and of the first World Summit on Children. An anthology of the best articles published in these formative years, this volume offers a representative sample of what the journal has achieved. Some of the articles are ones which are frequently cited, whilst others are less well known; some deal with theory, others with practice. The case for children’s rights is to be found throughout this collection, as is the history of children’s rights. Some articles are devoted to the UN Convention, others cover a wide selection of issues relating to different children’s rights, ranging from children and religion, the relationship between women and children, to children and health, and how children perceive their rights.