Children's rights and sustainable development : interpreting the UNCRC for future generations /
Fenton-Glynn, Claireeditor.
Children often fare the worst when communities face social and environmental changes. The quality of food, water, affection and education that children receive can have major impacts on their subsequent lives and their potential to become engaged and productive citizens. At the same time, children often lack both a private and public voice, and are powerless against government and private decision-making. In taking a child rights-based approach to sustainable development, this volume defines and identifies children as the subjects of development, and explores how their rights can be respected, protected and promoted while also ensuring the economic, social and environmental sustainability of our planet.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Claire Fenton-Glynn -- Children's rights and sustainable development from a law and development perspective / Wouter Vandenhole -- Rethinking children's rights through a sustainability lens : implications for education / Julie M. Davis -- The right to participate in domestic law and policy development / Holly Doel-Mackaway -- What course without evils? rare diseases, children's right to health and the sustainable development goals / Octavio Ferraz -- Gender equality, children's rights, and sustainable development / Amanda Kron -- Children with disabilities, human rights, and sustainable development / Paul Harpur and Michael A. Stein -- Inter-generational equity and children's rights : the role of sustainable development and justice / Sumudu Atapattu -- Children's rights and the environmental dimension of sustainable development / Ellen Desmet -- Children's rights and climate change / Karin Arts -- Inclusion of indigenous children's rights : informing water management in Canada / Carissa Wong -- Children's rights, international trade law, and economic globalisation / Sebastien Jodoin and Candice Pollock -- Present needs and future prospects : exploring the policy conundrum of working children in developing nations / Jenny Driscoll -- Advancing the right to play in international development / Tara Collins and Laura Wright -- Rapid development and the child's future right to the city / Liam Magee, Amanda Third, and David Sweeting -- Healthy diet as a global sustainable development issue : reasons, relationships, and a recommendation / Lucia A. Reisch and Wencke Gwozdz -- The future research agenda : where to from here? / Claire Fenton-Glynn.
Children often fare the worst when communities face social and environmental changes. The quality of food, water, affection and education that children receive can have major impacts on their subsequent lives and their potential to become engaged and productive citizens. At the same time, children often lack both a private and public voice, and are powerless against government and private decision-making. In taking a child rights-based approach to sustainable development, this volume defines and identifies children as the subjects of development, and explores how their rights can be respected, protected and promoted while also ensuring the economic, social and environmental sustainability of our planet.
Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989 November 20)
Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Children (International law)
Sustainable development
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Children's rights
Children (International law)
Children
Children's rights
Sustainable development