The Convention on the Rights of the Child: International Law Support for Children

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Based on official records and reports, relevant secondary sources, and observations of members of the Convention's implementary organ, The Convention on the Rights of the Child describes and evaluates the first international human rights treaty to deal specifically with the rights and freedoms of the child. Mower deals first with the significance, origin, and development of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, then describes and analyzes its substantative content, procedures, and mechanisms for the Convention's implementation. He concludes with an examination of the factors that are most likely to determine the rate of progress toward the realization of the convention's goals. Based on official records, relevant secondary sources, and observations of members of the Convention's implementary organ, the book will be of considerable use to scholars and researchers in the fields of human rights and children's welfare.

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"The Convention on the Rights of the Child provides a broad overview of the Convention and raises some interesting questions....[a] welcome addition to the growing literature on children's rights."-European Journal of International Law
It is evident that Mower has chosen his topic well. His book is a valuable comentary on the CRC-it presents, in simple language, the content of this important legal instrument addressing an issue that has elicited widespread concern across the globe...The isues dealt with in this book are presented in a lucid and balanced manner, looking at different perceptions and points of view. In sum, the book leaves the reader with a clear understanding of what the CRC is about as well as its functioning, weaknessess and strengths. It will be of great help to anyone with and interest in understanding the support that international law provides to the world's children. The promotion of adult literacy in children's rights is often quoted as a sine qua non for the realization of the goals of the CRC, and this book has a lot to offer towards achieving this goal.-International Studies
The Convention on the Rights of the Child provides a broad overview of the Convention and raises some interesting questions....[a] welcome addition to the growing literature on children's rights.-European Journal of International Law
"It is evident that Mower has chosen his topic well. His book is a valuable comentary on the CRC-it presents, in simple language, the content of this important legal instrument addressing an issue that has elicited widespread concern across the globe...The isues dealt with in this book are presented in a lucid and balanced manner, looking at different perceptions and points of view. In sum, the book leaves the reader with a clear understanding of what the CRC is about as well as its functioning, weaknessess and strengths. It will be of great help to anyone with and interest in understanding the support that international law provides to the world's children. The promotion of adult literacy in children's rights is often quoted as a sine qua non for the realization of the goals of the CRC, and this book has a lot to offer towards achieving this goal."-International Studies

Author Bio

A. GLENN MOWER, JR. is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Hanover College. He has written extensively on the subject of human rights, including Human Rights and American Foreign Policy and Regional Human Rights (Greenwood, 1987 and 1991 respectively).