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Emerging Limitations On The Rights Of The Child: The U.N. Convention On The Rights Of The Child And Its Early Case Law, Jonathan Todres Oct 2014

Emerging Limitations On The Rights Of The Child: The U.N. Convention On The Rights Of The Child And Its Early Case Law, Jonathan Todres

Jonathan Todres

No abstract provided.


A Child Rights Framework For Addressing Trafficking Of Children, Jonathan Todres Oct 2014

A Child Rights Framework For Addressing Trafficking Of Children, Jonathan Todres

Jonathan Todres

No abstract provided.


Mainstreaming Children's Rights In Post-Disaster Settings, Jonathan Todres Oct 2014

Mainstreaming Children's Rights In Post-Disaster Settings, Jonathan Todres

Jonathan Todres

In recent years, major natural disasters — ranging from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami to the 2010 Haiti earthquake — have challenged the global community to ensure the survival and well-being of millions of individuals under the most difficult circumstances. Each of these natural disasters has created crisis spots with huge numbers of displaced individuals, including many children. The international community has struggled to deliver the resources needed to ensure a prompt and full recovery. In these settings, the challenges confronting children are particularly acute. Yet frequently children are marginalized and underserved by disaster response and reconstruction efforts. This symposium …


Rights Relationships And The Experience Of Children Orphaned By Aids, Jonathan Todres Oct 2014

Rights Relationships And The Experience Of Children Orphaned By Aids, Jonathan Todres

Jonathan Todres

The global AIDS pandemic has left more than fifteen million children orphaned. These children constitute one of the most vulnerable populations, yet their situation has received relatively little scrutiny from legal scholars. This Article intends to fill that void by explicating the experience of children orphaned by AIDS, situating it in the broader context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and evaluating protections available under international human rights law. Analyzing human rights law as applied to children orphaned by AIDS exposes the extent to which rights are interrelated, particularly for marginalized populations. In current scholarship, the interrelationship among rights, for the most …


The U.S. View Of The Convention On The Rights Of The Child - Time For Reconsideration, Jonathan Todres, Howard Davidson Oct 2014

The U.S. View Of The Convention On The Rights Of The Child - Time For Reconsideration, Jonathan Todres, Howard Davidson

Jonathan Todres

No abstract provided.


Is There No Redemption For Children?, Jonathan Todres Oct 2014

Is There No Redemption For Children?, Jonathan Todres

Jonathan Todres

No abstract provided.


A Person's A Person: Children's Rights In Children's Literature, Jonathan Todres, Sarah Higinbotham Oct 2014

A Person's A Person: Children's Rights In Children's Literature, Jonathan Todres, Sarah Higinbotham

Jonathan Todres

Although the Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history, children’s rights are still seen in many circles as novel and quaint ideas but not serious legal theory. The reality, however, is that the realization of children’s rights is vital not only for childhood but for individuals’ entire lives. Similarly, although the books children read and have read to them are a central part of their childhood experience, so too has children’s literature been ignored as a rights-bearing discourse and a means of civic socialization. We argue that children’s literature, like …


Widening Our Lens: Incorporating Essential Perspectives In The Fight Against Human Trafficking, Jonathan Todres Oct 2014

Widening Our Lens: Incorporating Essential Perspectives In The Fight Against Human Trafficking, Jonathan Todres

Jonathan Todres

In 2000, the international community formally launched the modern movement to combat human trafficking with the United Nations' adoption of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (Trafficking Protocol). With the Trafficking Protocol, the international community created a new cornerstone upon which to build a global initiative to combat this modem form of slavery. As the first major international treaty on human trafficking in half a century, the Trafficking Protocol represented a significant step forward. One hundred forty-seven countries are now party to the …


Law, Otherness, And Human Trafficking, Jonathan Todres Feb 2014

Law, Otherness, And Human Trafficking, Jonathan Todres

Jonathan Todres

No abstract provided.


The Importance Of Realizing 'Other Rights' To Prevent Sex Trafficking, Jonathan Todres Feb 2014

The Importance Of Realizing 'Other Rights' To Prevent Sex Trafficking, Jonathan Todres

Jonathan Todres

International law has long prohibited sex trafficking. The current international legal framework on sex trafficking sets forth a three-pronged approach to anti-trafficking efforts: (1) criminalization of acts of trafficking, (2) trafficking prevention programs, and (3) aid for victims of trafficking. To date, efforts undertaken by various countries have focused primarily on the first component, with comparatively minimal resources being allocated to prevention or victim assistance programs. Those countries that have initiated prevention measures tend to adopt a narrow view of "prevention programs" – focusing on activities such as public awareness campaigns warning of the penalties associated with such crimes or …


Birth Registration: An Essential First Step Toward Ensuring The Rights Of All Children, Jonathan Todres Feb 2014

Birth Registration: An Essential First Step Toward Ensuring The Rights Of All Children, Jonathan Todres

Jonathan Todres

No abstract provided.


The Challenge Of Creating “A World Fit For Children”, Jonathan Todres Feb 2014

The Challenge Of Creating “A World Fit For Children”, Jonathan Todres

Jonathan Todres

No abstract provided.