MCCR 2012 - 2nd Mindshare Conference on children and their rights

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (the UNCRC) is the most comprehensive human rights instrument dedicated solely to the promotion and protection of children’s rights. As the only United Nations treaty to have achieved almost universal ratification, the UNCRC has attracted extensive attention, not least for its role in explicitly positioning children as active holders of rights rather than mere objects of concern. However existing scholarship indicates that despite such international ‘buy-in’, children’s rights are not always protected or promoted effectively, with some individual children and groups of children experiencing extreme violations of their rights.
This interdisciplinary conference aims to bring together scholars to explore key issues, opportunities and challenges in implementing the UNCRC. In particular we are interested in exploring the gap between children’s rights standards as set out by the UNCRC and the active implementation of the UNCRC rights within States Parties. How can we best establish and enforce children's rights in national and international law? What is the role of educationists and educational institutions in protection of Child Rights? How do schools and colleges enforce the laws and regulations of child protection? To what extent has the UNCRC been used in litigation and individual complaints? Will the proposed communication procedure make a difference? What role does children’s rights education play in enabling children to exercise their rights and duty bearers to fulfil their obligations? How can we best monitor implementation of children’s rights? How effective is the Committee on the Rights of the Child? What role is played by the independent Ombudsmen? How do children participate in monitoring and implementation processes at national and international levels? What are children’s right indicators, how are they developed and what role do indicators play in monitoring implementation of the UNCRC?
This conference is being organised by the World Education Network and MINDSHARE International. World Education Network was established in 2011 and has over 150 members in several disciplines across the world. It aims to promote high quality, interdisciplinary research that provides a better understanding of the issues that affect children and young people in order to improve their life chances and experiences. It also publishes two International research journals and one International Magazine for scholars.
The conference will provide an important forum for the interaction of ideas and information between academicians, professionals and practitioners in orders to enhance the understanding of the children and their rights. Prominent educationists, principals, academicians and researchers will attend the conference and contribute their valuable ideas on the rights of the child.
Scholars from any discipline whose work relates to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and/or children’s rights generally are warmly welcomed. Papers are invited under the following themes:
Monitoring the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Essentials of Quality Education
Schools fit for Children
Rights Respecting Schools
Reconceptualising childhood: Children’s rights and youth participation in schools
Challenges of effective implementations of child rights
Children’s Rights Litigation
Children’s Rights Education
Children’s Rights Indicators
Child Protection
Child Health
Child Participation
Child Right to Education
Child Development
A series of publications will be developed from the Conference including a special issue of the journal ‘MINDSHARE International Journal of Research & Development’ (ISSN: 2229-4872) on children’s rights.
Abstracts:
Abstracts of not more than 300 words should be sent to zulfihussaini-AT-gmail.com by June 25th, 2012.
Abstracts should include the proposed title of the presentation, presentation overview, the name(s) of the author(s), affiliation, and email address. Authors of the selected abstracts will be notified by June 25th, 2012
Travel and Accommodation
Participants are responsible for making their own travel and accommodation arrangements.
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For enquiries, please contact:
Syed Zulfi
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zulfihussaini-AT-gmail.com