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Standard-setting on children’s rights and, by extension, on human rights, has traditionally been a top-down exercise. States conclude treaties, which are then to be implemented on the ground. Monitoring bodies at the UN or the regional level offer an authoritative interpretation or settle disputes.
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© 2012 Wouter Vandenhole
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Vandenhole, W. (2012). Localizing the Human Rights of Children. In: Children’s Rights from Below. Studies in Childhood and Youth. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230361843_6
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