POLS 317 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Moral Agency, Genetic Fallacy, Eglantyne Jebb
2 Mar 2018
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Un convention on rights of child (1989) - global social contract and overcoming children"s previous lack of int"l rights. Ppl want to move past law and go deeper into structural obstacles. Beginnning of 20th century when state starting expanding role of providing education and social welfare. Arose in the aftermath of the first world war. Eglantyne jebb - appalled by war"s impact on childrensave the children fun. League of nations adopted declaration of rights of the child 1924 (first hr doc by league) - child welfare focus to have safe and healthy childhoods. Un declaration of rights of the child (1959) Un convention on the rights of the child 1989. 1979 prompted poland to call for int"l convention on children"s rightsfinal convention agreed in 1989. Crc was codified at the end of the cold war. Unicef was opposed to hr in the beginning, and now they see it as binding so they joined in drafting like halfway through.
