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Human Rights in the Field of Comparative Education pp 81–95Cite as

Interpreting Children’s Rights

A New Challenge for Education

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We live in a time where social contradictions, disparities and inequalities are more visible and increasingly acute. While time and space are contracting in the virtual domain, territorial boundaries remain fixed and there is lingering intolerance shown towards others in the context of everyday life.

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  1. Institute Polytechnic of Lisbon and Research Centre for the Social Sciences (CICS), University of Minho, Portugal

    Catarina Tomás

  2. Institute Polytechnic of Lisbon, Portugal

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Tomás, C., Dias, M. (2013). Interpreting Children’s Rights. In: Biseth, H., Holmarsdottir, H.B. (eds) Human Rights in the Field of Comparative Education. Comparative and International Education, vol 21. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-152-8_6

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