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At What Agschool Children Employmend, Married and Taken to Count?

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This book by Angela Melchiorre, published by the Right to Education Project, comparatively examines the minimum age limits set by various countries regarding three crucial issues affecting children's right to education: the age at which children can be employed, the minimum age at which they can marry, and the age of criminal responsibility. With a blue cover featuring silhouettes of children playing and one dangling leg, the publication symbolically questions the age at which countries "suspend" children's futures through policies that are not yet in favor. It maps legal inconsistencies in many countries, including the fact that children are often permitted to work or marry at an age below the end of compulsory schooling and can be brought before criminal courts when they are psychologically immature. Through cross-national data analysis and the framework of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the book shows that these age-limit inconsistencies create loopholes that undermine the fulfillment of the right to education, prolong the cycle of poverty, and perpetuate gender discrimination. Melchiorre emphasizes the urgency of harmonizing legislation so that minimum ages for work, marriage, and criminal responsibility align with the principles of the best interests of the child and the age of compulsory schooling. Aimed at policymakers, academics, human rights and children's rights activists, and international organizations, At What Age? is an essential reference for encouraging consistent legal reforms to protect children from exploitation, child marriage, and criminalization, while guaranteeing their right to continue their education.

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362.7 MEL A

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362.7 MEL A

Publisher

Sweden : Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law., 2002

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119 hlm; 30 cm

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English

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362.7

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Perkawinan anak
Violence against children

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