children's rights

Explains the basic rights of children and that all children do not live a life in which their needs are met.

Examines legal cases about privacy, visitation and divorce, search and seizure, dress code, drug testing, free speech in school newspapers and yearbooks, sexual harassment at work, transfer to adult court, and the death penalty.

Examines the rights of young people, particularly students, in the United States, how they have been established and protected, and how they differ from those of adults.

Explains the rights and freedom provided by law for minors and the legal limits imposed upon them. Discusses juvenile court and minors' legal rights after arrest.

Examines eleven cases involving young people in which the American Civil Liberties Union felt civil rights, guaranteed by the Constitution, had been denied.

Looks at what life is like for children of different countries and how each child can fulfill his or her hopes and ambitions no matter how little or much their human rights are infringed.

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

Presents a short study of child labor situations around the world, and follows the experiences of thirteen-year-old Mehboob from India who has been working since age eight to help his family.

An analysis of the status of children in the United States, providing information and statistics about family income, education, child health, food and nutrition, adolescent pregnancy, and other topics.

Traces the history of the United Nations Children's Fund from its creation in 1956 as a special agency to help children in postwar Europe to the early twenty-first century, describing how the organization works to make the world a better place.