The ethics of children's participation: Fundamental to children's rights realization in Africa

International Social Work

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-21

  Viviers, Andries ^a   Lombard, Antoinette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

adult child relations; child; children's participation; children's rights; ethical principles; human rights treaties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871309034     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872812459066     Document Type: Article

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