Children's Human Rights Progress and Challenges for Children Worldwide

by Ensalaco, Mark; Majka, Linda C.; Apsel, Joyce; Bilocerkowycz, Jaro; Fitz, Raymond L.; Gerschutz, Jill Marie; Geske, Mary B.; Karns, Margaret P.; Kilkelly, Ursula; Leming, Laura M.; Maclure, Richard; Majka, Theo J.; Sarri, Rosemary C.; Shook, Jeffrey J.; S

• ISBN13: 9780742529885
• ISBN10: 0742529886
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Children's human rights are regularly violated around the world. We hear about graphic examples including child soldiers, child prostitutes, and children sold into slavery, but hungry, sick, and orphaned children are equally at risk and more prevalent. In

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction: A Human Rights Approach to the Needs of Children	1	(6)
Linda C. Majka and Mark Ensalaco
PART I: CHILDREN'S RIGHTS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW	7	(74)
1 The Right of the Child to Development	9	(22)
Mark Ensalaco
2 Transforming Visions into Reality: The Convention on the Rights of the Child	31	(22)
Jill Marie Gerschutz and Margaret P. Karns
3 Strengthening the Framework for Enforcing Children's Rights: An Integrated Approach	53	(32)
Ursula Kilkelly
PART II: CHILDREN IN A DANGEROUS WORLD	81	(88)
4 The Problem of Sexual Trafficking in Postcommunist Europe	85	(26)
Jaro Bilocerkowycz
5 Three Prints in the Dirt: Child Soldiers and Human Rights	111	(16)
Mary B. Geske with Mark Ensalaco
6 Children's Rights and the Tenuousness of Local Coalitions: A Case Study in Nicaragua	127	(22)
Richard Maclure and Melvin Sotelo
7 Protecting Children on the Margins: Social Justice and Community Building	149	(24)
Laura M. Leming, FMI, and Bro. Raymond L. Fitz, SM
PART III: CHILDREN'S RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES	169	(78)
8 Child Farm Workers in United States Agriculture	173	(24)
Linda C. Majka and Theo J. Majka
9 Human Rights and Juvenile Justice in the United States	197	(32)
Rosemary C. Sarri and Jeffrey J. Shook
10 The Challenges of Human Rights Education and the Impact on Children's Rights	229	(18)
Joyce Apsel
Conclusion: Some Progress, Many Challenges	247	(14)
Mark Ensalaco and Linda C. Majka
Index	261	(14)
About the Contributors	275