The United Nations Children’s Fund

Bibliographic Data

ID20023957
AuthorsBenjamin Mason Meier (0000-0002-9870-1387, Public Policy Institute of California), Mitra Motlagh (United Nations Children's Fund Kosovo), Kumanan Rasanathan (0000-0001-9347-1765, United Nations Children's Fund Kosovo)
Year2018
Publication date2018-04-19
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueHuman Rights in Global Health (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780190672676.003.0009
OpenAlexW2802316820
ISBN9780190672676
LanguageEN
Citations received5

This chapter assesses UNICEF efforts to implement the child’s right to health, reviewing UNICEF’s evolving governance to address global health, examining the influence of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on UNICEF’s mission, and analyzing the opportunities and challenges in using a rights-based approach to advance children’s health. Where UNICEF had long been concerned by the practical implications of implementing human rights, the 1989 CRC solidified UNICEF’s central institutional role in the development and implementation of child rights. This development under international law created a burgeoning implementation framework to advance child health and human rights. Based upon this CRC mandate, UNICEF has sought to implement the child’s right to health across its health programming, assistance to states, and work with the Committee on the Rights of the Child

Business · Convention · Convention on the Rights of the Child · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economics · Global health · Health care · Human rights · International human rights law · Mandate · Political science · Right to health · Children's Rights and Participation · Human Rights and Development · International Human Rights and Reproductive Law · Law · Public Administration