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STILL FAILING THE CHILDREN
Published in:
Community Care, , Page: 4-4,Reed Business Information Ltd.
Publication Date:
2008
Aims & Objectives:
This article discusses the Children's commissioner’s findings that the governments of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales have failed because of the increase in juvenile delinquency, injustices in the asylum system, and poverty.
Abstract:
The article presents the author's views on the Great Britain's written agreement with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991. He says that the country should carry out its promise in upholding the rights of children. The author stated that the children's commissioners found out that the governments of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales have failed because of the increase in juvenile delinquency, injustices in the asylum system, and poverty.
Authors:
Mark Ivory
Study Type:
Non Study Papers » Discussion paper, review, commentary, letter »
Notes:
Article 03075508 Accession Number: 32789630; Ivory, Mark; Source Info: 6/12/2008 Issue 1726, p4; Thesaurus Term: CHILDREN'S rights; Thesaurus Term: CHILD welfare; Thesaurus Term: JUVENILE justice, Administration of; Thesaurus Term: JUVENILE corrections; Thesaurus Term: CONDUCT disorders in children; Subject Term: UNITED Nations; Subject Term: GREAT Britain; Number of Pages: 1/3p; Illustrations: 1 color. Document Type: Article; Full Text Word Count: 242
Keywords:
- Child Welfare
- CHILDREN''S rights
- CONDUCT disorders in children
- Great Britain
- JUVENILE corrections
- JUVENILE justice, Administration of
- UNITED Nations
Geography:
Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland)