How are the human rights of children related to research methodology?

Harriot Beazley, Sharon Bessell, Judith Ennew, Roxana Waterson

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    Abstract

    This chapter explores the relationship between discrimination and rights, and how this relationship is used in developing a conceptual framework that can be of practical use in the promotion of the rights of children. It explores, in a mainly UK context, what forms discrimination against children can take, the mechanisms via which it operates, and what its effects are on the lives and welfare of children. In another corner of the UK a second civil rights movement was gaining pace at much the same time, one that grew out of the systematic discrimination experienced by Roman Catholics in Northern Ireland, and which led to a 30-year civil war. The examples provide a clear link between human rights and discrimination, that is, upholding the human rights of vulnerable groups, is they ethnic or religious minorities, women, or people with disability, requires the identification and eradication of discrimination.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe Human Rights of Children
    Subtitle of host publicationFrom Visions to Implementation
    PublisherAshgate Publishing Ltd.
    Pages159-178
    Number of pages20
    ISBN (Print)9781409405313
    Publication statusPublished - 2011

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