Issue 100 was recently published and to celebrate this milestone this series of extracts or summaries reflects on aspects of youth policy and youth work practice over the last 25 years as featured in the 100th issue.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S RIGHTS: CHILDREN'S RIGHTS OR ADULTS' RIGHTS
Priscilla Alderson
"To which rights are young people entitled? Should they have full adult rights, or those of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN 1989) for everyone aged under 18? The Convention enshrines more than adults' rights (extra provisions and protections) but also qualifies and modifies full adult autonomy rights. This article reviews how adult and child rights relate to young people, and then reviews how, and possibly why, everyone's rights are being restricted by current policies.
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