Citation

Melton GB. Child Abuse Negl. 1991; 15(4): 343-350.

Affiliation

Center on Children, Families, and the Law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 68588-0308.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1959068

Abstract

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child provides a guidepost to the development of child protection policy. Both comprehensive and conceptually coherent, the Convention provides a statement of international consensus that children are indeed persons, legally and morally, and that the state should ensure that they are treated with dignity. At least in spirit, the Convention demands substantial reform of most existing child protection systems.

Language: en