Protecting the World's Children

Since 1946, UNICEF has been a driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. UNICEF works in 192 countries through country programs and national committees. UNICEF upholds the Convention on the Rights of the Child and works for Millennium Development Goals and for the progress promised in the United Nations Charter.

• Introduction and overview Savitri Gooneskere; 1. A comparative study of the impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: law reform in selected common law countries Rebeca Rios-Kohn; 2. A comparative study of the impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: law reform in selected civil law countries Emilio Garcia Mendez; 3. A comparative perspective of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the principles of Islamic law: law reform and children's rights in Muslim jurisdictions Shaheen Sardar Ali; 4. Law reform and children's rights in plural legal systems: some experiences in sub-Saharan Africa Savitri Gooneskere.

"An extensive and engaging study of how different legal systems have implemented and integrated children's human rights law...The rich analysis of engagement with children's rights in diverse legal contexts is a significant step forward in understanding the receptivity of international law in domestic settings...This is an excellent contribution to the scholarship on globalization and law, comparative jurisprudence and international law..." --Sanghamitra Padhy, University of Southern California