Innocenti Essay A Human Rights Conceptual Framework for UNICEF AUTHOR(S) Marta Santos-Pais Published: 1999 Innocenti Essay This latest 'Innocenti Essay' outlines the legal and moral stance behind UNICEF's emerging human rights ethic. It goes on to consider the implications of this thinking in terms of the organisation's perceived future role. The author attempts to end the debate between the traditional development thinkers and the rights advocates, arguing that 'development' is meaningless unless it is designed to ensure the realisation of human rights. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 20 | Thematic area: Rights of the Child | Tags: children's rights, convention on the rights of the child, human rights | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Marta Santos-Pais 1999 A Human Rights Conceptual Framework for UNICEF. , pp. 20.
Innocenti Essay Child Rights in Latin America: From irregular situation to full protection AUTHOR(S) Emilio Garcia Mendez Published: 1998 Innocenti Essay The Convention on the Rights of the Child has now been ratified by 192 nations. Notwithstanding, securing the principles and necessary legal safeguards remains a difficult achievement. Laws and jurisprudence must be firmly linked to the national reality to avoid them being well-meant placebos. Are all children comprehensively protected and defended? Do the means for implementing these laws exist? Is monitoring adequate? These are on-going questions of concern for both UNICEF and the broader international children's rights community. Many of the themes raised in this essay also echo those examined in other ICDC series and studies; violence against children, juvenile offenders, street children, are all inter-related problems for which children have the right to expect effective and full legal protection. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 32 | Thematic area: Child Protection | Tags: child protection, children's rights, children's rights violation, implementation of the crc | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Emilio Garcia Mendez 1998 Child Rights in Latin America: From irregular situation to full protection. , pp. 32.
Innocenti Essay Better Schools, Less Child Work. Child Work and Education in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Peru AUTHOR(S) María Cristina Salazar; Walter Alarcón Glasinovich Published: 1996 Innocenti Essay On the basis of detailed statistical surveys conducted in five Latin American countries, this essay demonstrates that actual practice in the region contrasts strongly with legal norms for the minimum age at which children can be employed and the age of completion of compulsory education. As well as increasing our understanding of the complex relationships between children, work and education, the original studies also drew up measures and definitions that have subsequently been widely adopted in the region. The essay provides a review of the main findings and proposes policy guidelines on child work. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 30 | Thematic area: Child Work and Labour, Rights of the Child | Tags: child workers, compulsory education, minimum age, right to education | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION María Cristina Salazar; Walter Alarcón Glasinovich 1996 Better Schools, Less Child Work. Child Work and Education in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Peru. , pp. 30.
Innocenti Essay Child Labour and Basic Education in Latin America and the Caribbean AUTHOR(S) James R. Himes; Vicky Colbert de Arboleda; Emilio Garcia Mendez Published: 1994 Innocenti Essay The high primary school enrolment rates in Latin America and the Caribbean mask poor performance in terms of the quality, relevance and cost-effectiveness of formal schooling in the region. What happens to the millions of children who repeat school years, underperform in their first years of schooling and eventually drop out? The vast majority are working children of one sort or another, but their work is likely to lead nowhere in terms of expanded opportunities or eventually to a decent standard of living for them and their future families. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 30 | Thematic area: Child Work and Labour | Tags: basic education, child workers, minimum age, right to education | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION James R. Himes; Vicky Colbert de Arboleda; Emilio Garcia Mendez 1994 Child Labour and Basic Education in Latin America and the Caribbean. , pp. 30.
Innocenti Essay El Trabajo Infantile y la Educación Básica en America Latina y el Caribe AUTHOR(S) James R. Himes; Vicky Colbert de Arboleda; Emilio Garcia Mendez Published: 1994 Innocenti Essay + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 30 | Thematic area: Child Work and Labour | Tags: basic education, child labour, child workers, education, right to education | Publisher: IRC × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION James R. Himes; Vicky Colbert de Arboleda; Emilio Garcia Mendez 1994 El Trabajo Infantile y la Educación Básica en America Latina y el Caribe. , pp. 30.
Innocenti Essay The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Three essays on the challenge of implementation AUTHOR(S) James R. Himes Published: 1993 Innocenti Essay The Convention on the Rights of the Child has been variously hailed as ‘the cornerstone of a new moral ethos’ and a ‘milestone in the history of mankind’. But laws and treaties are as nothing without adequate practical follow-up. The real results will depend not upon the high-mindedness of the ideals themselves, but upon the action taken to achieve them. The ‘challenge of implementation’, is the subject of the three papers collected here. The CRC must not be dismissed as ‘another Utopia’ and it is argued that, with the right policy decisions, the convention’s initial momentum can be sustained. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 38 | Thematic area: Convention on the Rights of the Child | Tags: convention on the rights of the child, implementation of the crc | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION James R. Himes 1993 The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Three essays on the challenge of implementation. , pp. 38.
Innocenti Essay La participación de los niños: de la participación simbolica a la participación autentica AUTHOR(S) Roger A. Hart Published: 1993 Innocenti Essay Una nación es democratica en la medida en que sus ciudadanos participan, especialmente a nivel comunitario. La confianza y la competencia para participare deben adquirirse gradualmente con la práctica. Por esta razón debe haber oportunidades crecientes para que los niños participen en cualquier sistema que aspire a ser democrático y particularmente en aquellas naciones que ya creen ser democraticas. Con el creciente reconocimiento de los derechos de los niños estamos comenzando a ver también un mayor reconocimiento de las habilidades de los niños. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 46 | Thematic area: Children's Participation | Tags: children's participation, children's rights, right to be heard × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Roger A. Hart 1993 La participación de los niños: de la participación simbolica a la participación autentica. , pp. 46.
Innocenti Essay Children's Participation: From tokenism to citizenship AUTHOR(S) Roger A. Hart Published: 1992 Innocenti Essay A nation is democratic to the extent that its citizens are involved, particularly at the community level. The confidence and competence to be involved must be gradually acquired through practice. It is for this reason that there should be gradually increasing opportunities for children to participate in any aspiring democracy, and particularly in those nations already convinced that they are democratic. With the growth of children’s rights we are beginning to see an increasing recognition of children’s abilities to speak for themselves. Regrettably, while children’s and youths’ participation does occur in different degrees around the world, it is often exploitative or frivolous. This Essay is written for people who know that young people have something to say but who would like to reflect further on the process. It is also written for those people who have it in their power to assist children in having a voice, but who, unwittingly or not, trivialize their involvement. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 44 | Thematic area: Children's Participation | Tags: children's participation, children's rights, right to be heard | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Roger A. Hart 1992 Children's Participation: From tokenism to citizenship. , pp. 44.
Innocenti Essay Children in Institutions in Central and Eastern Europe AUTHOR(S) James R. Himes; Cassie Landers; Susi Kessler Published: 1991 Innocenti Essay To help deal with the particular needs of children at a time of rapid political and economic change in central and eastern Europe, in 1990 the UNICEF Executive Board approved a special three-year effort of "transitional support". In response to specific requests for cooperation, UNICEF was authorized "to provide technical support to rethink policies for child survival, development and protection in the context of the new situations" and to support "data collection on the situation of children and women, analytical studies, technical workshops, information materials and other related activities". + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 32 | Thematic area: Countries in Transition | Tags: economic transition, institutionalized children | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION James R. Himes; Cassie Landers; Susi Kessler 1991 Children in Institutions in Central and Eastern Europe. , pp. 32.
Innocenti Essay Child Advocacy in the United States: The work of the Children's Defense Fund AUTHOR(S) James D. Weill Published: 1990 Innocenti Essay + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 24 | Thematic area: Rights of the Child | Tags: advocacy, children's rights | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION James D. Weill 1990 Child Advocacy in the United States: The work of the Children's Defense Fund. , pp. 24.
Innocenti Essay Working for the Rights of Children AUTHOR(S) Målfrid Grude Flekkoy Published: 1990 Innocenti Essay + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 24 | Thematic area: Rights of the Child | Tags: children's rights, convention on the rights of the child, implementation of the crc | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Målfrid Grude Flekkoy 1990 Working for the Rights of Children. , pp. 24.
Innocenti Essay Agir pour les droits de l'enfant AUTHOR(S) Målfrid Grude Flekkoy Published: 1990 Innocenti Essay + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 26 | Thematic area: Rights of the Child | Tags: children's rights, implementation of the crc | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Målfrid Grude Flekkoy 1990 Agir pour les droits de l'enfant. , pp. 26.
