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Understanding Children's Human Rights |
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Short courses |
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Annual |
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| Objectives |
This practically-focussed two day course places in perspective international human rights law as it affects children. At the end of the two days participants will have comprehensive information on the international framework to guarantee the rights of the child.
It is nearly twenty-five years since the groundbreaking UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) came into force, resulting in an exponential growth in child-related law and policy, both on the international and domestic levels.
International human rights law now informs all elements of UK strategy and policy as it relates to children. Childcare professionals, including lawyers and those directly working with and for children must therefore understand and be able to apply the international human rights law framework relating to children and young people.
Participants will become more aware of how human rights law must inform law, policy and practice as it affects children, but as importantly the course will illustrate the need for future developments need to take child rights into account. |
| Area of expertise |
discrimination
human rights
women rights |
| Target group |
Civil servants
Lawyers
NGO activists |
| Content |
The International human rights framework and how it relates to children;
The evolution of international child law, its framework and implementation mechanisms, and the definition of the 'child';
Development issues including child poverty, child labour, trafficking and education;
Litigating children’s rights using International, regional and domestic courts and tribunals;
Children in conflict and post-conflict situations, including migration and asylum;
Participation of the child in international, national and domestic life |
| Language |
English |
| Country |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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London |
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The course will be taught by distinguished academics and leading practitioners in the field of child law, child policy or human rights law. Previous teachers include Iain Byrne, Madeleine Colvin, Deirdre Fottrell, n and Jenny Kuper. |
| Degree/Certificate |
A certificate of attendance from the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at LSE will be awarded to all those who have successfully completed the course. |
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| Admission requirements |
The course is designed for professional participants involved in either developing policy and practice in relation to children, or working in child rights and child protection. Lawyers working in child law will be able to use the course to update and develop their knowledge in this crucial area of their work. Equally the course will be highly beneficial for those who campaign for children's rights and those who are interested in the added value of human rights, and in discussing and analysing these issues. |
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| Tuition/Accommodation |
Standard (Standard individual rate): £900
Concessionary (Voluntary sector organisation): £600 |
| Homepage |
www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/archives/human-rights-courses/children-human-rights |
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