TY - JOUR
T1 - U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child
T2 - Current Challenges
AU - Murphy-Berman, Virginia
AU - Weisz, Victoria
PY - 1996/12
Y1 - 1996/12
N2 - The U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly in 1989. Although by 1996 it has been ratified by 167 countries, the United States is not among this group of countries. The Convention raises complex policy challenges for the United States and the international community. This article gives an overview of 6 articles appearing in this issue of the American Psychologist that address some of these policy challenges from philosophical, legal, political, constitutional, methodological, and cross-cultural perspectives. Perceived strengths of the Convention, as well as potential pitfalls for its successful implementation in different types of contexts, are examined.
AB - The U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly in 1989. Although by 1996 it has been ratified by 167 countries, the United States is not among this group of countries. The Convention raises complex policy challenges for the United States and the international community. This article gives an overview of 6 articles appearing in this issue of the American Psychologist that address some of these policy challenges from philosophical, legal, political, constitutional, methodological, and cross-cultural perspectives. Perceived strengths of the Convention, as well as potential pitfalls for its successful implementation in different types of contexts, are examined.
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U2 - 10.1037/0003-066X.51.12.1231
DO - 10.1037/0003-066X.51.12.1231
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:1542742314
SN - 0003-066X
VL - 51
SP - 1231
EP - 1233
JO - American Psychologist
JF - American Psychologist
IS - 12
ER -