Children's Rights - Movement

Movement

Main article: Children's rights movement See also: Timeline of children's rights in the United Kingdom and Timeline of children's rights in the United States

The 1796 publication of Thomas Spence's Rights of Infants is among the earliest English-language assertions of the rights of children. Throughout the 20th century children's rights activists organized for homeless children's rights and public education. The 1927 publication of The Child's Right to Respect by Janusz Korczak strengthened the literature surrounding the field, and today dozens of international organizations are working around the world to promote children's rights.

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