Children and world peace: A modest proposal

Journal of Psychohistory

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 234-241

  Langley, Winston E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

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References (17)

1. See the preamble to the Constitution of UNESCO.
2. Ibid.
3. See Article 7 of the Declaration on the Rights of the Child, which was proclaimed by General Assembly Resolution 1386 (XIV), November 20, 1959.
4. See preamble of the Declaration on the Promotion Among Youth of the Ideals of Peace, Mutual Respect and Understanding Between Peoples, which was proclaimed by General Assembly Resolution 2037 (XX), December 7, 1965 .
5. Ibid., Principle VI.
6. Ibid.
7. See Article 29 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was adopted by General Assembly Resolution 44/25 on November 20, 1989.
8. Ibid., article 32.
9. See Article 2 of the Convention Concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment, 1973, which was adopted by the General Conference of the International Labor Organization, June 6, 1973.
10. Ibid., article 7.
11. Ibid., article 3. There are a few exceptions to the age requirements mentioned, but they are not applicable to the cases under review.
12. See By The Sweat and Toil of Children: The Use of Child Labor in American Imports Vol. I (hereinafter cited as Sweat and Toil), A Report to the Committees on Appropriations, United States Congress, July 15, 1994 (Washington, D. C.: Bureau of International Labor Affairs, 1994), p.19.
13. Ibid., pp.68-69.
14. Ibid., p.145.
15. Michael Jupp, "The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: An Opportunity for Advocates," Human Rights Quarterly, 12:1 (February, 1990): 132.
16. Erikson H. Erikson, Childhood and Society (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1963): 247.
17. See the letter of Simon Billenness, who is one of the leaders of this boycott, in the Wall Street Journal, 6 May 1996: A15.