Book contents
- A Magna Carta for Children?
- A Magna Carta for Children?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- The Hamlyn Trust
- The Hamlyn Lectures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Prelude
- Part I Is it Wrong to Think of Children as Human Beings?
- Part II Even Lawyers Were Children Once
- 3 The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Its Principles
- 4 The Convention: Norms and Themes
- 5 Enforcing Children’s Rights
- 6 Criticisms of the Convention
- 7 Beyond the Convention
- 8 Interlude: What We Can Learn from the Sociology of Childhood
- 9 Childhoods and Rights
- 10 Regional Children’s Rights
- 11 Child-Friendly Justice
- 12 The World Twenty-Five Years On: New Issues and Responses
- Part III A Magna Carta for Children
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
12 - The World Twenty-Five Years On: New Issues and Responses
from Part II - Even Lawyers Were Children Once
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2020
- A Magna Carta for Children?
- A Magna Carta for Children?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- The Hamlyn Trust
- The Hamlyn Lectures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Prelude
- Part I Is it Wrong to Think of Children as Human Beings?
- Part II Even Lawyers Were Children Once
- 3 The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Its Principles
- 4 The Convention: Norms and Themes
- 5 Enforcing Children’s Rights
- 6 Criticisms of the Convention
- 7 Beyond the Convention
- 8 Interlude: What We Can Learn from the Sociology of Childhood
- 9 Childhoods and Rights
- 10 Regional Children’s Rights
- 11 Child-Friendly Justice
- 12 The World Twenty-Five Years On: New Issues and Responses
- Part III A Magna Carta for Children
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The world has changed since 1989: the end of Communism and the rise of a ‘capitalist’ China, and of Islam. How many draftsmen of the Convention anticipated this? The World Wide Web: this only dates from 1989, though this seems difficult to believe so ‘ordinary’ has it become. The sexual abuse of children: the ‘Cleveland Affair’ (Butler-Sloss, 1988) had only just turned this into a recognisable social problem. Globalisation (Darian-Smith, 2013; Stiglitz, 2002) was not the force it is now. Only a few scientists spoke of global warming and climate change. Few, if any, spoke of biodiversity or sustainable development. The medically assisted revolution was still in its infancy.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- A Magna Carta for Children?Rethinking Children's Rights, pp. 295 - 306Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020