Rights and the role of family engagement in child welfare: an international treaties perspective on families' rights, parents' rights, and children's rights
Lenzer, G.; Gran, B.
Child Welfare 90(4): 157-179
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-4021 PMID: 22413385 Document Number: 342959
According to international human rights treaties, what rights do family members, parents, and children have in family engagement in child welfare decision-making? A socio-legal analytical approach produces a typology of rights, then applies the typology to eight countries' approaches to family engagement to show that strong bundles of rights are available in some countries, but not in others. This study reveals international treaties have articulated many rights necessary to family engagement, but some rights are missing.