Our Commitments to the Children of the World

Henry-Lee, Aldrie

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-25568-8_1

Aldrie Henry-Lee⁶

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Abstract

The chapter reviews international and regional commitments made to children. These commitments include the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals. These are critiqued and the chapter ends with an examination of some of the main legislative reforms made since the ratification of the CRC in Barbados, Jamaica, Haiti and St. Lucia.

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Notes

1.
http://www.unicef.org/sowc2016/ (Accessed June 28, 2016).
2.
http://www.un.org/en/development/devagenda/population.shtml (Accessed July 17, 2018).
3.
Ibid.
4.
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/otherconferences/Mexico/Mexico%20conference%20report%20optimized.pdf (Accessed July 15, 2018).
5.
Ibid.
6.
Ibid.
7.
http://www.unicef.org/wsc/declare.htm (Accessed May 2, 2018).
8.
Ibid.
9.
http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/50/107 (Accessed May 2, 2018).
10.
http://www.un.org/events/youth98/yforum98/bragayap.htm (Accessed July 15, 2018).
11.
Ibid.
12.
Ibid.
13.
http://www.sids2014.org/samoapathway (Accessed July 15, 2018).
14.
https://www.opanal.org/en/treaty-of-tlatelolco/ (Accessed May 15, 2018).
15.
UNICEF and Colombia Government (1994), Nariño Accord. Second American Meeting on Children and Social Policy, Agenda 2000: Children Now, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia, on 5–6 April 1994 (Accessed May 2, 2018).
16.
http://iin.oea.org/DECLARACIONES/Cumbres%20e%20Infancia%20-%20Ingles.htm (Accessed July 15, 2018).
17.
Ibid.
18.
https://archive.crin.org/en/library/publications/kingston-consensus-fifth-ministerial-meeting-children-and-social-policy-america (Accessed July 15, 2018).
19.
https://www.unicef.org/easterncaribbean/spmapping/Planning/Regional/general/Belize_1996.doc (Accessed April 22, 2018).
20.
https://www.opanal.org/en/treaty-of-tlatelolco/ (Accessed July 15, 2018).
21.
UNICEF and Colombia Government (1994), Nariño Accord. Second American Meeting on Children and Social Policy, Agenda 2000: Children Now, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia, on 5–6 April 1994.
22.
http://iin.oea.org/DECLARACIONES/Cumbres%20e%20Infancia%20-%20Ingles.htm (Accessed July 15, 2018).
23.
Ibid.
24.
https://archive.crin.org/en/library/publications/kingston-consensus-fifth-ministerial-meeting-children-and-social-policy-america (Accessed July 15, 2018).
25.
Ibid.
26.
Ibid.
27.
http://www.pitt.edu/~ginie/caribbean/Plan-Act.pdf (Accessed May 2, 2018).
28.
https://caricom.org/media-center/communications/statements-from-caricom-meetings/declaration-of-paramaribo-on-the-future-of-youth-in-the-caribbean-community (Accessed July 15, 2015).
29.
https://caricom.org/documents/12069-regional_guidelines_-_early_childhood_development_services.pdf (Accessed July 15, 2015).
30.
Ibid.
31.
https://caricom.org/media-center/communications/statements-from-caricom-meetings/declaration-of-paramaribo-on-the-future-of-youth-in-the-caribbean-community (Accessed July 15, 2015).

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Henry-Lee, A. (2020). Our Commitments to the Children of the World. In: Endangered and Transformative Childhood in Caribbean Small Island Developing States . Studies in Childhood and Youth. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25568-8_1

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