INTL 248 - The Human Rights of Children - Select Issues

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

(Same as EDUC 248) This course focuses on both the theories surrounding, and practices of, children’sthe human rights of children. It starts from the foundational question of whether children really should be treated as rights-holders and whether this approach is more effective than alternatives for promoting well-being for children that do not treat children as rights holders and adopt a Human Rights approach. Consideration is given to the major conceptual and developmental issues embedded within the framework of human rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The course covers issues in both the domestic and international arenas, including but not limited to: children’s rights in the criminal justice context including life without parole and the death penalty; children’s rights to housing and health care; inequities in the education systems; child labor and efforts to ban it worldwide; initiatives intended to abolish the involvement of children in armed conflict; violence against street children; and the rights of migrant, refugee, homeless, and minority children; and the commodification of children. Country-based case studies are used to ensure that. The course provides students come away with a solid understandingan in depth study of the Right to Education, including special issues related to the privatization of current conditions.education and girls’ education. The course also explores issues related to the US ratification of the CRC, and offers critical perspectives on the advocacy and education-based work of international children’s human rights organizations. Ms. Holland.