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650	2	7	_9336 _aLAW _2FVC
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008			110331s1999 eng
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100			_aLudbrook, Robert _91582
245			_aVictims of tokenism and hypocrisy : _bchildren in New Zealand residential institutions _cLudbrook, Robert
260			_aWellington _bBrookers _c1999
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500			_aHuman Rights Law and Practice 5(2) October 1999 : 91-117
520			_aThis article examines the New Zealand Government's response to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC) (1989), and looks at how the Department of Social Welfare has conducted itself in terms of how it provides for children in residential care, noting a consistent failure since New Zealand ratified UNCROC. Presented in two parts, part 1 of the report critically examines processes before and after the ratification of UNCROC, and argues that the New Zealand Government has paid lip service to UNCROC and its principles. New Zealand's ratification of UNCROC meant a commitment to examine its laws, policies, and practice to ensure compatibility with UNCROC. It was also to provide an overarching policy for children along with a plan of action. The author concludes that the New Zealand Government has failed in its baseline obligations. Part 2 of the report argues that, despite checks and safeguards put in place since 1986 to improve children's rights in residential care, a culture of defensiveness and evasion has crept in which has inhibited opportunities for scrutiny by those people permitted to monitor compliance with regulatory standards and also by the general public.
522			_anz
650	2	7	_2FVC _aADOLESCENTS _943
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCARE AND PROTECTION _997
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCHILDREN _9127
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCHILDREN'S RIGHTS _9135
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPOLICY _9447
650	2	4	_aSOCIAL SERVICES _9555
773	0		_tHuman Rights Law and Practice 5(2) October 1999 : 91-117
830			_aHuman Rights Law and Practice _96424
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE