{"id":10987,"date":"2019-12-18T00:10:25","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T00:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawfoundation.org.nz\/?p=10987"},"modified":"2019-12-18T19:45:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T19:45:31","slug":"new-publication-childrens-rights-in-aotearoa-new-zealand-reflections-on-the-30th-anniversary-of-the-convention-on-the-rights-of-the-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawfoundation.org.nz\/?p=10987","title":{"rendered":"*New publication – Children’s Rights in Aotearoa New Zealand – Reflections on the 30th Anniversary of The Convention on the Rights of the Child"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This just released publication is a collection of\nreflections that arose from a 2-day VUW symposium, held in August this year,\nentitled “Children’s Rights – National and International Contexts”.<\/strong> It\nwas held in recognition that it’s been 30 years since the United Nations\nConvention on the Rights of the child<\/strong> was signed, setting out the civil,\npolitical, economic, social, health and cultural rights of the child.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The collection includes 24 articles from those who presented\nand participated at the symposium, including panel members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The symposium was attended by academics, members of the\njudiciary, public sector colleagues, NGO colleagues and postgraduate students.\nIt was structured around a series of panels, where presenters shared brief\nreflections, and had time for questions and interaction with the symposium\nparticipants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panel members included international experts of children’s\nrights who shared their reflections on the potential of the international\nchildren’s rights framework:<\/p>\n\n\n\n