Implementation handbook for the Convention on the Rights of the Child / prepared for UNICEF by Rachel Hodgkin and Peter Newell.

Also issued on CD-ROM.

Includes bibliographical references.

Definition of the child -- Non-discrimination -- Best interests of the child -- Implementation of rights in the Convention -- Parental guidance and the child's evolving capacities -- Children's right to life and maximum survival and development -- Birth registration, name, nationality and right to know and be cared for by parents -- Preservation of identity -- Separation from parents -- Entering or leaving countries for family reunification -- Ilicit transfer and non-return of children abroad -- Respect for the views of the child -- Child's right to freedom of expression -- Child's right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion -- Child's right to freedom of association and peaceful assembly -- Child's right to privacy -- Child's access to appropriate information -- Parents' joint responsibilities, assisted by the State -- Child's right to protection from all forms of violence -- Children deprived of their family environment -- Adoption -- Refugee children -- Rights of children with disabilities -- Child's right to health and health services -- Child's right to periodic review of treatment -- Child's right to benefit from social security -- Child's right to an adequate standard of living -- Child's right to education -- The aims of education -- Children of minorities or of indigenous people -- Child's right to leisure, play and culture -- Child labor -- Children and drug abuse -- Sexual exploitation of children -- Prevention of abduction, sale and trafficking -- Protection from other forms of exploitation -- Torture, degrading treatment and deprivation of liberty -- Protection of children affected by armed conflict -- Rehabilitation of child victims -- Administration of juvenile justice -- Respect for existing human rights standards -- Making the Convention widely known -- The Committee on the Rights of the Child -- Reporting obligations of States Parties -- Cooperation with United Nations agencies and other bodies -- Miscellaneous provisions concerning the Convention -- Optional pProtocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict -- Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.