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This Advanced Introduction offers a succinct yet comprehensive introduction to the multidisciplinary field of children’s rights. Inspired by the dilemma of difference in the discussion of children’s rights, chapters explore the equal rights that children share with adults as well as their differentiated and special rights.

  • List of abbreviations vi

  1. 1 Introduction to children’s rights 1
  2. 2 Origins and development of children’s rights law 13
  3. 3 Children’s rights law and non-legal approaches to children’s rights 32
  4. 4 Equal rights of children 45
  5. 5 Differentiated rights of children 80
  6. 6 Special rights of children 102
  7. 7 Future directions 127
  • Bibliography 134

  • Index 149