International child law /

International child law / Trevor Buck ... [et al.] - 2nd ed. - Oxford ; New York : Routledge / Taylor & Francis Group, 2011. - xvii, 358 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Index : p. [353]-358.

Bibliography : p. [331]-352.

Childhood and children's rights -- Introduction to international law sources and institutions -- The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child -- Child labour -- International parental child abduction -- Intercountry adoption -- Sexual exploitation -- Children and armed conflict -- Indigenous children.

Examines and discusses the international legal framework and issues relating to children at both a global and regional level. Analysing both public and private international legal aspects, this cross-disciplinary text promotes an understanding of the development of child law and the protection of the child.

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Children (International law).
Children--Legal status, laws, etc.





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