children's rights

Discusses the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, focusing on the articles that ensure the right to good health, and looks at conditions in various places of the world that prevent children from getting the medicine, water, and food they need to stay healthy.

Examines the right of all children to receive an education that suits their needs.

Provides a historical overview of children's evolving legal rights and details contemporary cases of child abuse, adoption law, severing ties with biological parents, and more.

Presents a study of children's rights around the world and provides information on the UN Convention in 1989 that defined the rights of the child, the rights of unborn children, child labor, and children in war-torn countries.

Collects twenty-seven essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to child custody, discussing how it should be determined when parents are divorced and for adoptive children, the role of the government in its determination, and whether or not abduction should be used in international custody disputes.

A collection of children's writings on children's rights in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of a Child, which was passed due to UNICEF's efforts.

Profiles the life and humanitarian work of Craig Kielburger who, at age twelve, formed "Free the Children," a group dedicated with freeing children from abusive child labor in many underdeveloped nations.

Briefly discusses the legal rights of individuals, emphasizing real-life situations in which teenagers may find themselves.

Discusses aspects of laws dealing with young people and their right to work, education, juvenile justice, and home life.

Chronicles the efforts of twelve-year-old Craig Kielburger and his human rights organization Free the Children to stop child labor in foreign countries.