Human Rights and Children

人权法系列

Edited by Barbara Stark, Professor of Law and Hofstra Research Scholar, Hofstra University, US

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of children’s human rights, collecting the works of leading authorities as well as new scholars grappling with emerging ideas of ‘children’ and ‘rights.’ Beginning with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world, this book explores the theory, doctrine, and implementation of the legal frameworks addressing child labor, child soldiers, and child trafficking, as well as children’s socio-economic rights, including their rights to education.

With an original introduction by the Professor Stark, this topical volume is an invaluable resource for scholars, students, and activists

‘Human Rights and Children provides a needed overview of important and controversial issues related to children’s rights. The editor, Professor Barbara Stark, has used her international law expertise to put together a very helpful collection of articles on topics that include the Convention on Rights of the Child, child poverty, education, punishment and other pressing issues that confront nations today.’
– Sarah Ramsey, Syracuse University, College of Law, US

‘This compilation comes at a pivotal time of transformation in the legal regimes for children throughout the world. Children’s rights as human rights are entering mainstream discourse. This dialogue, captured well in this book, promotes the health, well-being, security, and future of children, both in theory and in practice. The range of issues covered by the authors is impressive and will inform both academic experts and on-the-ground advocates. Topics such as corporal punishment and juvenile justice reform, to name just two in this book, are often neglected parts of the evolving paradigm for seeking a better future for the world’s children.’
– Dean Hill Rivkin, University of Tennessee, College of Law, US