The legal status of infant male circumcision

We present an argument in support of the legal prohibition of infant male circumcision (IMC) in developed Western countries. We submit that all IMC, irrespective of whether the motivation behind it be secular or religious, violates children’s rights to self-determination (autonomy) and bodily integrity and is therefore morally illegitimate. And while IMC’s being morally wrong does not entail that it ought to be criminalised, we contend that it should be legally proscribed so as to protect children against harm and to uphold their rights. We consider and reject an argument that an exemption from the legal ban should be granted to religious parents who perceive themselves to be under a moral obligation to subject their male infants to IMC. We argue that since IMC sets back children’s basic interests and violates their rights, there is no room, and no case, for the conferring of a religious exemption.

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Mothers', Fathers', and their Children's Perceptions and Reasoning about Nurturance and Self-Determination Rights

The International Journal of Children s Rights ◽

10.1163/092755609x12482670820520 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 79-99 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Isabelle Cherney

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Personal Autonomy ◽

Children's Rights ◽

Self Determination ◽

Children’S Rights ◽

Moral Consideration ◽

Age Difference ◽

Children's Perceptions ◽

Children’S Perceptions ◽

Older Adolescents

AbstractThe present study investigated the development of autonomy by interviewing 47 ten-to- sixteen year-old adolescents and their parents from three US Midwestern cities about their perceptions of children's rights. The findings showed that on average, parents thought that their children would advocate for more rights than their children actually did. Mothers were more likely than fathers to believe that their child would advocate for self-determination rights. Older adolescents used more diverse reasoning categories than younger adolescents in their decision making. There was no age difference in the adolescents' support of nurturance and self-determination rights. Parents were generally given authority over moral consideration, but less over conventional and personal conventions. The results are discussed in the context of the development of personal autonomy and relatedness.

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The effect of parental education levels on children’s rights knowledge levels and attitude

Contemporary Educational Researches Journal ◽

10.18844/cerj.v9i4.4419 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 85-93

Author(s):

Ebru Elci ◽

Cigdem Kuloglu

Keyword(s):

Parental Education ◽

Children's Rights ◽

Attitude Scale ◽

Self Determination ◽

Children’S Rights ◽

Dimensional Structure ◽

Child Rights ◽

The Social ◽

Education Levels ◽

The Relationship

The purpose of this study is to reveal the relationship between the attitudes of parents toward children’s rights and educational levels of their parents. The researcher’s universe consists of parents who live in Istanbul and has children between the ages of 6 and 14, and sampling consists of a total of 3100 parents (1550 mothers and 1550 fathers). The data of the study were collected with a Likert type Parent-Child Rights Attitude Scale consisting of 63 items. The scale evaluates the attitudes of the parents toward their children’s rights as two main attitudes, ‘Care and Protection’ and ‘Self-Determination’. In ‘Care and Protection’ attitude, there are two sub-dimensional structures as ‘Government Assurance and Support’ and ‘Care and Protection’. The ‘Self-Determination’ attitude has a single sub-dimensional structure. In the analysis of data, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences program was used beside necessary statistical techniques. The data obtained regarding the effect of parents' education levels on their attitudes toward children’s rights are presented in a tabular form with respective frequencies. Keywords: Children’s rights, parent’s attitudes toward child rights, parent’s attitudes

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Bērnu tiesības uz materiālo nodrošinājumu: tiesiskais regulējums un piedziņas problemātika

SOCRATES. Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes Juridiskās fakultātes elektroniskais juridisko zinātnisko rakstu žurnāls / SOCRATES. Rīga Stradiņš University Faculty of Law Electronic Scientific Journal of Law ◽

10.25143/socr.12.2018.3.105-120 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (12) ◽

pp. 105-120

Author(s):

Sanita Vanaga

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Child Support ◽

Legal Status ◽

Children's Rights ◽

Legal Framework ◽

Government Support ◽

Children’S Rights ◽

International Regulations ◽

State And Local Government ◽

State And Local

Neapšaubāmi, viens no svarīgākajiem jautājumiem ir bērnu tiesību aizsardzība. Sanita Vanaga savā rakstā analizē problemātiku, kas saistīta ar materiālā nodrošinājuma tiesisko regulējumu un uzturlīdzekļu piedziņu. Bērnu tiesības uz materiālo nodrošinājumu ir būtiska un neatņemama cilvēktiesību sastāvdaļa, kas nostiprināta gan nacionālajos, gan arī starptautiskajos tiesību aktos. S. Vanaga analizē bērnu materiālo vajadzību nodrošināšanai nepieciešamo uzturlīdzekļu būtību un apjomu atkarībā no bērna juridiskā statusa. Publikācijā ir atspoguļota arī valsts un pašvaldību izveidotā atbalsta koncepcija, nodrošinot bērniem uzturlīdzekļus materiālo vajadzību risināšanai, kā arī problemātika, kas saistīta ar uzturlīdzekļu pierādīšanu un to piedziņu tiesvedības procesā. Undoubtedly, one of the most important questions is the protection of children’s rights. Sanita Vanaga in her article analyses the problem relating to legal framework for material security and recovery of maintenance. Children’s rights to recovery of maintenance is an essential and integral part strengthened in national and international regulations. S. Vanaga analyses the nature and extent of maintenance necessary for the material needs of children dependant on their legal status. The publication also covers the concept of state and local government support providing child support for material needs, as well as problems connected with evidence of maintenance and recovery in proceedings.

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Critical Race Theory and Children’s Rights

The Oxford Handbook of Children's Rights Law ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190097608.013.8 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 137-157

Author(s):

Natsu Taylor Saito ◽

Akilah J. Kinnison

Keyword(s):

Critical Race Theory ◽

International Law ◽

Children's Rights ◽

Self Determination ◽

Children’S Rights ◽

Critical Race ◽

Race And Racism ◽

Race Theory ◽

The Us ◽

The Right

Racialized privilege and subordination impact children’s rights in many ways. This chapter begins with an overview of critical race theory (CRT), a framework that has been used primarily to assess the roles played by race and racism in the US legal system. It then summarizes key provisions of international law that prohibit racial discrimination and protect the right of all peoples to self-determination, focusing on how these norms impact children’s rights. Noting the importance of addressing the intersection of race and rights, this chapter suggests that the application of CRT principles could enhance the recognition of children’s rights in international law.

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Hong Kong pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards and knowledge of children’s rights

Education Citizenship and Social Justice ◽

10.1177/1746197918800670 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 119-135

Author(s):

Yan Lam Lo

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Children's Rights ◽

Self Determination ◽

Children’S Rights ◽

Adequate Knowledge ◽

Rights Of The Child ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

Training Institutions ◽

The Government ◽

Teachers Attitudes

The Convention on the Rights of the Child emphasizes that the education of the child should be directed to the development of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. However, though Hong Kong is a one of the States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the government does not put much emphasis on promoting Convention on the Rights of the Child. Children’s rights education is not compulsory in schools or in teacher training institutions in Hong Kong. It is detrimental if teachers do not possess adequate knowledge and positive attitudes towards children’s rights as they hold a crucial role in educating children about their rights and nurturing rights-respecting students. Through modifying Rogers and Wrightsman’s Children’s Rights Attitudes Scale, the present research examined pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards children’s self-determination rights, nurturance rights, and the conflict between self-determination and nurturance rights, and also their knowledge of children’s rights, in order to uncover the areas of improvements.

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COMMUNICATION ROLE OF RIGHTS AND LEGAL STATUS

INDIVIDUAL. SOCIETY. STATE. Proceedings of the International Student and Teacher Scientific and Practical Conference ◽

10.17770/iss2018.4286 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 233

Author(s):

Inta Siliniece

Keyword(s):

Legal Status ◽

Children's Rights ◽

The Other ◽

Children’S Rights ◽

Civil Justice ◽

Active Lifestyle ◽

Rights Of The Child ◽

The Right

One of today's most important issues in the field of international civil justice is the provision of family and children's rights. These are the right of the child to be in contact with both parents and the right of parents to take part in the upbringing of children. This is especially important if parents live separately or even in different countries. The global processes of globalization and the active lifestyle of people moving from one country to another determine the topicality of the issue. Increasingly, children are illegally moved from one country to another, thus limiting both the rights of the child with the other parent and the right of the other parent in the upbringing of the child.

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