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The united nations convention on the rights of the child
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights for Children (UCHR) as discussed by the authors defines the basic human rights that children everywhere have: • the right to survival; • to develop to the fullest; • protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation; • and to participate fully in family, cultural and social life.Abstract:
States parties to the Convention are obliged to develop and undertake all actions and policies in the light of the best interests of the child. The Convention sets out these rights in 54 articles and two Optional Protocols. It spells out the basic human rights that children everywhere have: • the right to survival; • to develop to the fullest; • to protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation; • and to participate fully in family, cultural and social life. The four core principles of the Convention are • non-discrimination; • devotion to the best interests of the child; • the right to life, survival and development; • and respect for the views of the child.read more
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Corporal punishment by parents and associated child behaviors and experiences: A meta-analytic and theoretical review.
TL;DR: Parental corporal punishment was associated with all child constructs, including higher levels of immediate compliance and aggression and lower levels of moral internalization and mental health.
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‘Voice’ is not enough: conceptualising Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
TL;DR: In this paper, a children's rights critique of the concept of pupil voice is presented, based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which gives children the right to have their views given due weight.
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The mental health of refugee children
Mina Fazel,Alan Stein +1 more
TL;DR: The available literature shows consistently increased levels of psychological morbidity among refugee children, especially post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety disorders, and it is argued that much primary prevention can be undertaken in the school context.
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Setting the Advocacy Agenda: Theorizing Issue Emergence and Nonemergence in Transnational Advocacy Networks
TL;DR: In this article, a framework for analyzing variation in issue emergence by comparing two prominent issues in the transnational network around children and armed conflict (child soldiers and girls in war) to an issue absent from this advocacy sphere (the protection needs of children born as a result of wartime rape) is presented.
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