Civil society, rights and welfare: exploring the implementation of the convention on the rights of the child in Cambodia

Chaney, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2110-0436 2022. Civil society, rights and welfare: exploring the implementation of the convention on the rights of the child in Cambodia. Journal of Asian and African Studies 57 (8) , pp. 1597-1625. 10.1177/00219096211058886

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Abstract

This study examines Cambodia’s implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Corpus analysis of civil society organisations’ submissions to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review reveals a raft of CRC violations, including sexual abuse, trafficking and child labour. This is due to political and bureaucratic failings. The wider significance of this lies in underlining how the disjuncture between state and civil society underpins ongoing violations. Future progress depends on strengthened mobilisation yet increasing repression of civil society makes this unlikely. Accordingly, the prospects are bleak with children in Cambodia continuing to suffer widespread rights violations.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD)
Subjects:	J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
ISSN:	0021-9096
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	17 January 2022
Date of Acceptance:	20 October 2021
Last Modified:	08 May 2023 21:23
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/144967

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