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Are Children's Rights Duty-Free?

No Rights Without Duties?

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Safe Spaces

Part of the book series: Critical Issues in the Future of Learning and Teaching ((CIFL,volume 5))

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“ Sir, don ’ t you think that, in addition to a Commissionership on Children ’ s Rights, there also ought to be a Commissionership on Parents ’ Rights? ” I have only been Commissioner for Children ’ s Rights for a few weeks and am attending an event of the biggest family organisation in Flanders, and this is the question I have been asked the most that afternoon.

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  1. Bruno Vanobbergen
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  1. North-West University, South Africa

    Cornelia Roux

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Vanobbergen, B. (2012). Are Children's Rights Duty-Free?. In: Roux, C. (eds) Safe Spaces. Critical Issues in the Future of Learning and Teaching, vol 5. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-936-7_7

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