At What Age?.. are School-Children Employed, Married and taken to Court?
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2011
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An authoritative source, emanating directly from those empowered to make critical decisions on domestic policy, ie. the prime duty bearers. This type of analysis therefore permits a range of actors to hold governments accountable for the standards which they themselves report under the CRC Secondly, using the interaction between States and the Committee allows both inter-national comparison and a world-wide overview of the global direction of children's rights implementation, as all States-except for Somalia and the US are bound by the same process.
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The challenges States Parties face in compiling reports for UN Treaty Bodies, especially the CRC. It highlights inconsistencies in state reporting, vague Committee recommendations, and the need for a more accountable and contextual approach. The Right to Education Project emphasizes education as a legal entitlement and uses the 4A framework—Availability, Accessibility, Acceptability, and Adaptability—to ensure children's rights are protected in, to, and through education.
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States Parties Reports, CRC (Convention on the Rights of the Child), Right to Education Project, 4A Framework, Criminal responsibility
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Melchiorre, Angela, Atkins, Ed. (2011). At What Age?.. are School-Children Employed, Married and taken to Court?