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A Child's Right to a Healthy EnvironmentThe Right to a Family Environment for Children of Prisoners

A Child's Right to a Healthy Environment: The Right to a Family Environment for Children of... [As the “natural environment for the growth and well-being” of children (Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989, preamble), the family has long enjoyed special protection within international human rights law (e.g. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1976, art. 23 & 24; International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, 1976, art. 10; Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948). However, the concept of the family environment as the optimal setting for the development of children first appears in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989). The Convention recognizes that the “child ….should grow up in a family environment, in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding” (preamble). To achieve this objective, the Convention directs governments to provide “necessary protection and assistance” to families so that they can fully assume their responsibilities within the community (preamble). These responsibilities include preparing children to be full participants in society.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Child's Right to a Healthy EnvironmentThe Right to a Family Environment for Children of Prisoners

Part of the The Loyola University Symposium on the Human Rights of Children Book Series (volume 1)
Editors: Garbarino, James; Sigman, Garry
Kimbrough-Melton, Robin
A Child's Right to a Healthy Environment — Aug 28, 2010
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Publisher
Springer New York
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010
ISBN
978-1-4419-6789-3
Pages
149 –161
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4419-6791-6_8
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Abstract

[As the “natural environment for the growth and well-being” of children (Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989, preamble), the family has long enjoyed special protection within international human rights law (e.g. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1976, art. 23 & 24; International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, 1976, art. 10; Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948). However, the concept of the family environment as the optimal setting for the development of children first appears in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989). The Convention recognizes that the “child ….should grow up in a family environment, in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding” (preamble). To achieve this objective, the Convention directs governments to provide “necessary protection and assistance” to families so that they can fully assume their responsibilities within the community (preamble). These responsibilities include preparing children to be full participants in society.]

Published: Aug 28, 2010

Keywords: Criminal Justice System; Family Environment; Strong Community; Parental Incarceration; Child Separation

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