Implementing the Un Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Standard of Living Adequate for Development

by Arlene Bowers Andrews and Natalie Kaufman

Book Overview

The human right to survive and develop, a fundamental premise of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, can be attained only if adequate living conditions are secured for the child. This book reviews the significance of the physical, mental, spiritual, moral, and social aspects of holistic child development called for by Article 27 of the Convention. The editors share a vision of childhood wherein the child is accorded dignity,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275962652
• ISBN13: 9780275962654
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"