DOCUMENTATION AND RESOURCES RELATED TO REFUGEE CHILDREN CLAIMS

Law Review Articles

1. Alston, Philip, The Best Interests Principle: Towards a Reconciliation of Culture and HumanRights, 8 IntÕl J. L. & Fam. 1 (1994).





2. Alston, Philip, A Guide to Some Legal Aspects Connected to the Ratification and Implementationof the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 20 Commonwealth L. Bull. 1110 (1994).





3. Backstrom, Kristin M., The International Human Rights of the Child: Do They Protect theFemale Child? 30 Geo. Wash. J. IntÕl L. Econ. 541, Winter 1996-Summer 1997.





4. Calciano, Elizabeth M., United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Will it HelpChildren in the United States? 15 Hastings IntÕl & Comp. L. Rev. 515 (1992).





5. Donnolo, Paula and Azzarelli, Kim K., Ignoring the Human Rights of Children: A Perspective onAmerica's Failure to Ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 5 J.L. &Pol'y 203 (1996).





6. Fithian, Leslie A., Forcible Repatriation of Minors: The Competing Rights of Parent and Child,37 Stan L. Rev. 187 (1984).





7. Goodin, Robert E. and Gibson, Diane, Rights, Young and Old, 17 Oxford J. Legal Stud. 185(1997).





8. Hart, Stuart N. and Thetaz-Bergman, Laura, The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations inImplementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 6 TransnatÕl L. & Contemp. Probs. 373(1996).





9. Hill, Laura, Unaccompanied Children: Care and Protection in War, Natural Disasters, andRefugee Movements (book review), 3 Harv. Hum. Rts. J. 270 (1990).





10. Leary, Virginia, A., The Social and Economic Rights of the Child, 17 Law & Pol'y 353 (1995).





11. Levesque, Roger, J.R., Combating Child Sexual Maltreatment: Advances and Obstacles inInternational Progress, 17 Law & PolÕy 441 (1995).





12. Longford, Michael, Family Poverty and the Exploitation of Child Labor, 17 Law & PolÕy 471(1995).





13. Lopatka, Adam, An Introduction to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 6Transnat'l L. & Contemp. Probs. 263 (1996).





14. Ludbrook, Robert, The Child's Right to Bodily Integrity, 7 Current Issues Crim. Just. 123(1995).





15. Maslen, Stuart, Relevance of the Convention on the Rights of the Child to Children in ArmedConflict, 6 Transnat'l L. & Contemp. Probs. 329 (1996).





16. Nauck, Barbara J., Implication of the United States Ratification of the United NationsConvention on the Rights of the Child: Civil Rights, the Constitution and the Family, 42 Clev.St. L. Rev. 675 (1994).





17. OÕDonnell, Daniel, Resettlement or Repatriation: Screened-Out Child Asylum Seekers and theConvention on the Rights of the Child, 6 Internat'l J. Refugee L. 382 (1994).





18. Olivas, Michael H., Unaccompanied Refugee Children: Detention Due Process and Disgrace, 2Stan L. & Pol'y Rev. 159 (1990).




19. Patterson, Elizabeth G. and Andrews, Arlene Bowers, Protecting the Child Against Separationfrom the Family Environment, 16 Children's Legal Rts. J. 2 (1996).





20. Persuad, Sharon, Unaccomapnied Refugee Children, 143 New L. J. 83 (1993).




21. Renteln, Alison Dundes, Who's Afraid of the CRC: Objections to the Convention on the Rightsof the Child, 5 J. L. & PolÕy 203 (1996).





22. Robinson, Laurie Nicole, The Globalization of Female Child Prostitution: A Call forReintegration and Recovery Measures via Article 39 of the United Nations Convention on theRights of the Child, 5 Ind. J. Global Legal Stud. 239 (1997).





23. Skoler, Daniel L., The U.N. Children's Convention: International Triumph, National Challenge,15 Fam. Advoc. 38 (1993).





24. Steinbock, Daniel J., Unaccompanied Refugee Children in Host Foster Families, 8 InternatÕl J.Refugee L. 6 (1996).





25. Stroquiludis, Jill C., The Refugee Act of 1980: An Empty Promise to Exploited Children, 29 J.Marshall L. Rev. 995 (1996).





26. Taylor, Todd, The Cultural Defense and Its Irrelevancy in Child Protection Law, 17 B.C. ThirdWorld L. J. 331 (1997).





27. von Struensee, Susan O'Rourke, Violence, Exploitation and Children: Highlights of the UnitedNations Children's Convention and International Response to Children's Human Rights, 18Suffolk Transnat'l L. Rev. 589 (1995).





28. Wolf, Giovanna, Preserving Family Unity: The Rights of Children to Maintain theCompanionship of Their Parents and Remain in Their Country of Birth, 4 Ind. J. Global LegalStud. 207 (1996).

UNICEF Publications and Reports

(may be accessed through UNICEF Web page)

1. The World Summit for Children 1990.




2. Promise and progress: Achieving goals for children 1996.




3. The State of the World's Children 1996-1998.




4. The Progress of Nations 1995-1997.




5. UNICEF Annual Report 1996, 1997.




6. UNICEF papers on the International Child Labour Conference.




7. Child Rights Guide to the 1996 Mines Protocol.




8. Children's Rights and Habitat.




9. Report on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children, by Graa Machel.

UNICEF Features:

1. Nicaragua's teenagers learn and earn.



2. MozambiqueÕ's war is over--but for children, the trauma remains.




3. In Cambodia, former child prostitutes get a chance to dream again.




4. Mozambique radio drama encourages girls to stay in school.




5. In Ethiopia, women say no to female genital mutilation.




6. Sri Lanka's children learn peace amidst conflict.




7. Ghana's pregnant street girls find refuge.




8. For Angola's former child soldiers, peace brings uneasy calm.




9. In India, girl labourers quit work for school.




10. Rwanda's street children live by their wits--and a little help.




11. Children in southern Sudan overcome war's nightmare.




12. Yugoslavia clinic provides care and comfort to war-affected children.




13. Sri Lanka's child domestics get their day in court.




14. ABC's for children in a Rwandan jail.




15. Rwanda's child refugees long for home.

Monographs and Books

1. The Best Interests of the Child: Reconciling Culture and Human Rights. Oxford: ClarendonPress; New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.





2. Black, Maggie. Children First, The Story of UNICEF, Past and Present. Oxford: OxfordUniversity Press, published for UNICEF, 1996.





3. Blanchet, Therese. Lost Innocence, Stolen Childhoods. Dhaka: University Press, 1996.





4. Children and Repression, 1987-1989. Special Report / Human Rights Commission, 1990.





5. Children's Rights: Crisis and Challenge. New York, NY: Defense for ChildrenInternational-USA, 1990.
   
   

6. Children, the Youngest Victims: Compilation of Amnesty International Documents and ArticlesConcerning Human Rights Abuses of Children. New York, N.Y.: Amnesty International, 1990.





7. Cohn, Ilene and Goodwin-Gill, Guy S. Child Soldiers: The Role of Children in Armed Conflict.Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994.





8. The Convention on the Rights of the Child. New York: Amnesty International U.S.A., 1994.





9. Ehrenreich, Rosa. Slipping Through the Cracks: Unaccompanied Children Detained by the U.S.Immigration and Naturalization Service. Human Rights Watch, 1997.





10. A Glimpse of Hell: Reports on Torture Worldwide. New York: New York University Press;England: Amnesty International, 1996.





11. Grant, James P. Child Health and Human Rights: An Address by James P. Grants, ExecutiveDirector of the United Nations Children's Fund, to the Committee on Health and Human RightsLecture Program. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press, 1994.





12. Human Rights Quarterly, Volume 12, Number 1, February 1990. Symposium: UN Convention onChildrenÕs Rights. The John's Hopkins University Press.





13. Implementation Handbook for the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Prepared for UNICEFby Rachel Hodgkin and Peter Newell, UNICEF, 1998.





14. Mower, A. Glenn, Jr. The Convention on the Rights of the Child. Westport, Connecticut:Greenwood Press, 1997.





15. Pais, Marta Santos. The Committee on the Rights of the Child. The Review, No. 47, December1991, p. 36.





16. Surviving Beyond Fear: Women, Children, and Human Rights in Latin America. Human RightsSeries; v.2. Fredonia, N.Y.: White Pine Press, 1993.





17. Symposium: Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems: Journal of the University of Iowa College ofLaw, Volume 6, Number 2, Fall 1996.





18. United States of America: The Death Penalty and Juvenile Offenders. New York, N.Y.: AmnestyInternational, 1991.





19. Van Bueren, Geraldine. International Documents on Children. Dordrecht/Boston/London:Martinus Nijhoff Publisher, 1993.





20. Van Bueren, Geraldine. The International Law on the Rights of the Child.Dordrecht/Boston/London: Martinus Nijhoff Publisher, 1995.





21. Veerman, Philip E. The Rights of the Child and the Changing Image of Childhood.Dordrecht/Boston/London: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1992.





22. Verhellen, Eugeen. Monitoring Children's Rights. The Hague/Boston/London: Martinus NijhoffPublisher, 1996.





23. Wilkerson, Albert E. The Rights of Children: Emergent Concepts in Law and Society.Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993.

NGO Reports and Publications

1. Children of Bulgaria: Police Violence and Arbitrary Confinement, Human Rights WatchChildrenÕs Rights Project, Human Rights Watch/Helsinki, September 1996.





2. Police Abuse and Killings of Street Children in India, Human Rights Watch ChildrenÕs RightsProject, Human Rights Watch/Asia, November 1996.





3. The Scars of Death, Children Abducted by the LordÕs Resistance Army in Uganda, HumanRights Watch ChildrenÕs Rights Project, Human Rights Watch/Africa, September 1997.





4. Venezuela, The silent cry: gross human rights violations against children, Amnesty InternationalUSA, AI Index: AMR 53/13/97, October 1997.





5. Sexual Exploitation of Children, The Human Rights Study Series, by Vitit Muntarbhorn, formerSpecial Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the sale of children, child prostitutionand child pornography. Centre for Human Rights, United Nations, New York and Geneva, 1996.
   
   

¹Footnote 1 - Geraldine Van Bueren, The International Law on the Rights of the Child (1995). Ms. Van Bueren's book offers a number of the international documents contained in this list. In addition to extensively following her compilation of documents, we also found her categorization of documents to be useful for our purposes and used it here with somealterations.

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