The Media and Children's Rights

From the Preface
Commissioned by UNICEF and based on the practical experience of working journalists, what follows is an attempt to assist media professionals and others to consider how the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child might impact upon the way children are represented in and by the media.

Its purpose is to generate responsible coverage of children and the impact of adult behaviour and decisions on their lives, as well as to encourage media professionals to consider how best to protect the rights of children and help children to play a role in the mass media.

Contents

• Media professionals and children's rights
• The Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Media responsibilities
• Children with disabilities
• Children and discrimination
• Children and the family
• Child labour
• Children and armed conflict
• Children's health and welfare
• The child's identity
• Children's opinions and civil freedoms
• Children in public care
• Children and the media
• Children in the media
• Education
• Children and crime
• Sexual abuse and exploitation of children
• The responsibilities of the state