Product Description: The recruitment and operations of child soldiers have been hitting the headlines in politics and the media for many years, however a much broader circle of children is affected by armed conflicts. The many challenges in dealing with youth affected by armed conflicts extend to questions about the rehabilitation, reintegration, and reconciliation processes of all children and youth...read more

Product Description: This volume brings together scholars and practitioners from the US and Europe specializing in juvenile justice alongside scholars from Africa and Asia who are working on human rights issues in developing countries or countries in transition...read more

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Product Description: Examines the right of the child to a clean environment at the international, European, and national levels, detailing regulations which cover a range of environmental concerns from around the world. Approaches the problem of a clean environment as a fundamental right from both theoretical and practical viewpoints, with chapters on the rights of child workers and children, case studies of environmental rights in various countries, and the role of international and non-governmental organizations...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Intense political, social and scientific efforts to improve the position of children are converging rapidly, centered on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is therefore reasonable to assume that there is broad consensus in the international community on how to take the position of children in society seriously...read more

Product Description: Increasing numbers of children are on the move throughout the world: moving or migrating, alone or accompanied. This gives rise to many new problems with legal, economic, social and cultural aspects, calling for new approaches based on a world-wide perspective...read more

Product Description: The first volume in this new series focuses on children's active involvement in the democratic process. The contributors are working in a variety of different settings and in different ways. Their common theme is work which transforms the traditional power relationship between children and adults...read more

Product Description: The United Nations' designation of 1979 as the International Year of the Child marked the first global effort undertaken to heighten awareness of the special needs of children. Activities initiated during this special year were designed to promote purposive and collaborative actions for the benefit of children throughout the world...read more