Children’s rights and children’s welfare after the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Abstract

This article addresses how far international rights charters and the rights claims they give rise to act as levers for development through a discussion of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most widely ratifi ed rights Convention of recent times. It recognizes the seminal importance of rights charters but also argues that the Convention is a relatively weak instrument when it comes to changing the material realities of vulnerable children's lives, especially in the Global South. The diffi culties of attaching welfare agendas to rights claims are discussed in the article.

‘I Always Say What I Think’: a Rights-Based Approach of Young People’s Psychosocial Functioning in Residential Care

“…Particularly, the opportunity to be heard about their rights could be even more important considering the young people in care given that this is a socially vulnerable population. A rights-based approach is crucial to promote the status of vulnerable populations, namely those who have fewer resources to safeguard themselves (Grugel, 2013).…”

Rights of Early Age Children Deprived of Parental Care

“…Šiuolaikinėje mokslinėje literatūroje (Pūras, 2012;Lundy, 2012;Grugel, 2013;Bulger, Livingstone, 2013) taip pat teigiama, jog ikimokyklinio amžiaus vaikams, kaip ir visoms amžiaus grupėms, turi būti užtikrinama visapusiška teisių ir interesų apsauga, sudarytos visos įmanomos galimybės jiems saugiai jaustis, vystytis ir tobulėti. O vaikai, netekę tėvų globos, ypač pažeidžiami, todėl jų teisių apsaugai turi būti skiriama daugiau dėmesio (Kabašinskaitė, 2007;Vitkauskas, 2010;Baturina [Батурина], 2010;Samašonok, 2013;Grugel, 2013).…”

“…O vaikai, netekę tėvų globos, ypač pažeidžiami, todėl jų teisių apsaugai turi būti skiriama daugiau dėmesio (Kabašinskaitė, 2007;Vitkauskas, 2010;Baturina [Батурина], 2010;Samašonok, 2013;Grugel, 2013).…”

“…Vaiko teisių apsaugos klausimai įvairiais aspektais analizuojami Lietuvos (Jonynienė, 2005(Jonynienė, , 2009Jonynienė, Juodaitytė, 2006;Kairienė, 2007;Stepanova, 2011) ir užsienio valstybių mokslininkų (Lundy, 2012;Grugel, 2013;Sedletzki, 2013) tyrimuose. T. Tamošiūnas ir V. Želvytė (2010) bei K. Stepanova (2011) išryškina vaiko teisių apsaugos sistemos valdymo aktualijas, Ž.…”

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“…In this context, social practice in nursing is crucial for this discipline's relevant assigned role within societies that exhibit deep structural inequalities. This goal means ensuring the right of access to the benefits of social policy, which has the essential purpose of mitigating the negative impact of the context in child development and welfare (2,(13)(14)(15)(16) . In Chile, public policy for social protection offers fairness from the outset via the program "Chile Grows with You" (ChCC, for its initials in Spanish), which employs an integrated range of services that promote motherhood and secure attachment, effective communication, and healthy guidelines for parenting as its major components (17)(18) .…”