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Convention on the Rights of the Child If Drafted in 2013

Convention on the Rights of the Child If Drafted in 2013. Dr. Tom Altobelli , Federal Magistrate, Sydney, Australia & Dr. Susan McDaniel , FRSC, Canada Research Chair in Global Population & Life Course, University of Lethbridge Canada. Outline. What is CROC Brief historical context

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Convention on the Rights of the Child If Drafted in 2013

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  1. Convention on the Rights of the ChildIf Drafted in 2013 Dr. Tom Altobelli, Federal Magistrate, Sydney, Australia & Dr. SusanMcDaniel, FRSC, Canada Research Chair in Global Population & Life Course, University of Lethbridge Canada 6th World Congress on Family Law & Children's Rights 17-20 March 2013 Sydney, Australia

  2. Outline • What is CROC • Brief historical context • Contemporary challenges to 2013 CROC 6th World Congress on Family Law & Children's Rights 17-20 March 2013 Sydney, Australia

  3. Eglantyne Jebb 1876- 1928 6th World Congress on Family Law & Children's Rights 17-20 March 2013 Sydney, Australia

  4. Eleanor Roosevelt 1884 -1962 6th World Congress on Family Law & Children's Rights 17-20 March 2013 Sydney, Australia

  5. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”Eleanor Roosevelt 6th World Congress on Family Law & Children's Rights 17-20 March 2013 Sydney, Australia

  6. “I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.”Eleanor Roosevelt 6th World Congress on Family Law & Children's Rights 17-20 March 2013 Sydney, Australia

  7. A new CROC? • Children are different • World in which they live is different • Dynamic interaction with their world is better understood • So much we do not know about • Humbition- humility as we know so little, but ambition as we strive to make world better

  8. A new CROC? • reconsider whether rights based approach is the best one • include a more explicit acknowledgment of CROC’s dependence on other factors in order to improve children’s lives • greater involvement by children in development and drafting • reduce involvement of 1st world countries in drafting, and increase involvement of 2nd and 3rd world countries • adopt multi-disciplinary approach to drafting, and one less reliant on lawyers • adopt a more explicit child developmental perspective • identify and address specific needs of specific groups of children

  9. A new CROC? reconsider whether rights based approach is the best one

  10. A new CROC? include a more explicit acknowledgment of CROC’s dependence on other factors in order to improve children’s lives

  11. A new CROC? greater involvement by children in development and drafting

  12. A new CROC? reduce involvement of 1st world countries in drafting, and increase involvement of 2nd and 3rd world countries

  13. A new CROC? adopt multi-disciplinary approach to drafting, and one less reliant on lawyers

  14. A new CROC? adopt a more explicit child developmental perspective

  15. A new CROC? identify and address specific needs of specific groups of children

  16. A new CROC?

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