Journal of International Affairs articles from September 22 2001

Journal of International Affairs archives from September 22 2001

Editors' foreword.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... Eleven years ago, the international community ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a watershed event for international human rights and for children. It is the most ratified human rights treaty in history. It signaled a need to...

The protection of children and the quest for truth and justice in Sierra Leone.
September 22, 2001... "How the acts and experiences of children are addressed in Sierra Leone--within the processes established to seek truth and justice, by the UN and international agencies, by government ministries, through national legislative reform, or...

Toward mediating the impact of forced migration and displacement among children affected by armed conflict.
September 22, 2001... "It is estimated that women and children in both categories--refugees and IDPs--make up over 80 percent of displaced populations worldwide, and in specific cases even greater percentages." INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW This year marks the...

Child labor: myths, theories and facts.
September 22, 2001... "Perhaps the most important lesson to be gleaned from the academic work in this area is that child labor tends to be a phenomenon related to poverty and difficult social conditions rather than the perverse preferences of the parents." The...

Children falling into the digital divide.
September 22, 2001... "Without the collaboration of governments, international organizations, social movements and the private sector, the Internet is as likely to deepen the gulf between rich and poor as to bridge it." For the first time in history, half the...

Eight is too late: investment in early childhood development.
September 22, 2001... "Children are the bearers of our common future--a future that is in our hands as never before. For the world has the knowledge, the resources and the legal imperatives to give every child the best possible start in life, in a family environment...

Differing approaches to combating child abuse: United States vs. United Kingdom.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2001... "When the UK figures are adjusted to reflect the difference in the size of the population, we find an estimated number of UK cases at 150,000 compared to the US number of 950,000. Even if we took into account operational factors related to...

Eradicating Pedophilia: Toward the Humanization of Society.
September 22, 2001... "As we enter the 21st century our best efforts must be directed toward the humanization of society through the nurture of our children." Globalization has brought about dramatic changes in social attitudes. As confirmation, one can compare...

Intercountry adoption: a global problem or a global solution?
September 22, 2001... "The US is unique amongst developed states in preferring private adoption, a position that Katz associates with the American bias towards market mechanisms and preference for individual autonomy over state regulation. Adoption involves the...

Unraveling child labor and labor legislation.
September 22, 2001... "The reality that forces poor families to defy child labor laws raises doubts about whether legislation can be enforced successfully." In 1993, social workers and human rights activists were stunned when approximately 70,000 youngsters...

An interview with Dr. Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS (1).(Interview)
September 22, 2001... Journal: The upcoming UN Special Session on Children has identified HIV/AIDS as one of the primary issues that impacts children around the world. Could you give us a sense of the magnitude of the problem that children face with regard to...

An interview with Carol Bellamy, executive director of the United Nations children's fund.(Interview)
September 22, 2001... Journal: In our issue on children, we touch on several topics including AIDS, the widening digital divide, child labor and the involvement of children in violence. Among the many problems facing children all around the world, what do you...

Street children in Kenya: voices of children in search of a childhood.(Review)
September 22, 2001... Street Children in Kenya: Voices of Children in Search of a Childhood By Philip Kilbride, Collette Suda, and Enos Njeru (Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey, 2000) 162 pp. The issues of child poverty and mistreatment occupy that strange...

Children's rights.
September 22, 2001... Children's Rights Edited by Jude Fernando (Special issue of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, May 2001) The issues of child poverty and mistreatment occupy that strange no-man's land of discourse in the...

Culture, conflict and children.(Review)
September 22, 2001... Culture, Conflict and Children Samir Sanad Basta (Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 2000) 256 pp. The United Nations estimates that 300 thousand children under the age of 18 are currently being used as child soldiers...

Children of other worlds.(Review)
September 22, 2001... Children of Other Worlds By Jeremy Seabrook (Sterling, Virginia: Pluto Press, 2001) 156 pp. In researching his latest book on child labor, Jeremy Seabrook does something that many authors do not: He turns off his computer, gets up...