Byrne Iain

The Human Rights of Street and Working Children: A Practical Manual For Advocates - UK, Immidiate Technology Publications 1998 - 12742 .

The Human Rights of Street and Working Children: A Practical Manual For Advocates The book presents information in an accesible question-and -answer format. It is divided into 3 sections for ease of reference. The first section defines substantive rights -survival, fair treatment, and empowerment. The Second section provides practical guidelines on how to use regional and international human rights sytems such as The Inter-America Commission on Human rights, or the UN Committee on Torture.The third and last section contains a comprehensive list of human rights documents with tables by country detailing the status and the stage in the implementation process of each convention. The book is one -stop guide both for experienced advocates and for non-specialists in the field. It explains how to use regional and international treaties and mechanisms for the protection and defence of street and working children when national law fails.


300 Social Science

K639 / .B97 1998

341.76 BYR