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UNICEF, 2019
On 20 November 1989, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a landmark achievement that has since become the world's most widely ratified human rights treaty. The Convention sets strict standards for signatory governments to protect the rights of every child. Published in connection with the 30th…
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Rights, Foreign Countries, International Law
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Bradshaw, York W.; And Others – Social Forces, 1993
In response to the global debt crisis, international lenders have pressured Third World debtor nations to implement "structural adjustments." Analysis of data from the United Nations, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund suggest that externally imposed austerity measures have adversely affected children's survival and…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Developing Nations, Economic Factors