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Social Sciences and Childhood
2020. Vol. 1, no. 1, 88–99
doi:10.17759/ssc.2020010107
ISSN: 2713-0584 (online)

On the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Creation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: History and New Challenges

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V.L. Kabanov

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Abstract

The article analyzes the history of the development of the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child. Brief characteristics of the “Declaration of the Rights of the Child” by K.N. Wentzel, 1924 Declaration of the Rights of the Child, 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the Child, features of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The author’s concept of the implementation of the principle of the best procuring of children interests is presented.

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Keywords: human rights, children’s rights, international treaties for the protection of children’s rights, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, principles of Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Best support of Interests of the Child

Journal rubric: Social Psychology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/ssc.2020010107

For citation: Kabanov V.L. On the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Creation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: History and New Challenges [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sotsial’nye nauki i detstvo = Social Sciences and Childhood, 2020. Vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 88–99. DOI: 10.17759/ssc.2020010107. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Vladimir L. Kabanov, Doctor of Law, PhD in Education, Director, Centre of family and childhood support «Krasnoselskiy» CAO Moscow (State-Funded Institution CFCS «Krasnoselskiy»), Professor at the Department of Judiciary, Law-Enforcement and Human Rights Function, Professor at the Department of Pedagogic and Psychology of Family Education, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «Moscow Pedagogical State University» (MPGU), Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6090-2186, e-mail: vlkabanov@mail.ru

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