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Is "good enough governance" good enough for the full respect of article 4 of the Convention on the Rights of the child? : evidence from Cambodia

Iordanov, Ivan ; Stoecklin, Daniel (Dir.)

Mémoire de master : Institut universitaire Kurt Bösch, 2016.

The American children's rights movement and countermovement in interaction : a case study of the Campaign for US ratification of the CRC and ParentalRights.org

Volonakis, Diana Sakurako ; Hanson, Karl (Dir.)

Mémoire de master : Institut universitaire Kurt Bösch, 2013.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC or CRC) is an international human rights treaty which recognizes that all children possess fundamental human rights. The United States government has not ratified the CRC, despite the fact that within the US, the children’s rights movement has continually advocated for CRC ratification. Their efforts remain unsuccessful, in part...

Evolution of the law(s) on corporal punishment in Tanzania Mainland : par Rescipius Ishengoma

Ishengoma, Respicius ; Hanson, Karl (Dir.)

Mémoire de master spécialisé : Institut universitaire Kurt Bösch, 2012.

Tanzania Mainland is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) and is bound to the directives and recommendations of the Committee of the Rights of the Child which monitors the implementation of the Convention. The Committee and other international instruments have at different times and in different reports, recommended to Tanzania Mainland to take legal...

When the family tears apart : what about Children’s Rights? an interdisciplinary analysis of parental alienation syndrome’s effects on children

Piguet, Claire Valérie ; De Burgo, Joana (Dir.)

Mémoire de master : Institut universitaire Kurt Bösch, 2011 ; DE2011/MIDE09-10/10.

The present paper depicts the controversial concept of parental alienation syndrome as being an interdisciplinary phenomenon involving the whole familial unit. More specifically, it raises concerns on children’s involvement in the alienation process as actors and victims, and on their short-term coping mechanisms (e.g. cognitive dissonance, conformity and the use of drugs). Described most often...