International Interdisciplinary Conference on Children's Rights: An Appraisal of the CRC

July 1, 2005.

    *** In 2006, more than fifteen years will have passed since the UN
    Convention on the Rights of the Child came into force. Since then, many
    child-related studies in several scientific fields made an attempt to
    interpret and clarify the meaning and scope of the Convention.
    Meanwhile, also fieldworkers tried to use the Convention as a tool for
    securing rights to children.
    
    An "International Interdisciplinary Conference on Children's Rights -
    An
    appraisal of the Children's Rights Convention. Theory meets practice",
    will be held in Ghent, Belgium on 18-19 May 2006. The conference aims
    at evaluating the progress and achievements of the Convention, and at
    exploring the challenges ahead in realising children's rights. It will
    in particular do so by creating an open forum where academics can meet
    and exchange views with other professionals dealing with children's
    rights in a more practical way.
    
    Read the full story here: http://www.iicrd.org/cap/node/view/500