The challenge of children's rights for Canada / / Katherine Covell, R. Brian Howe

• Autore: Covell Katherine
• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.3/52/0971
• Soggetto topico: Children's rights - Canada; Children - Government policy - Canada; Child welfare - Canada
• Altri autori: HoweRobert Brian
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Chapter 1; The Challenge of Children's Rights; Chapter 2; The Promise of Children's Rights; Chapter 3; The Rights of Provision; Chapter 4; The Rights of Protection; Chapter 5; The Rights of Participation; Chapter 6; Meeting the Challenge; APPENDIX; The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Canada signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child over a decade ago, yet there is still a lack of awareness about and provision for children's rights. What are Canada's obligations to children? How has Canada fallen short? Why is it so important to the future of Canadian society that children's rights be met? Prompted by the gap between the promise of children's rights and the reality of their continuing denial, Katherine Covell and R. Brian Howe call for changes to existing laws, policies and practices. Using the United Nations Convention on the Righ
• Titolo autorizzato: The challenge of children's rights for Canada
• ISBN: 1-280-92548-5; 9786610925483; 0-88920-856-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910157817403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in childhood and family in Canada.