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      Forming Partnerships: The Human Rights of Children in Need of Care and Protection

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      The International Journal of Children's Rights
      Brill

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          The care and protection of children experiencing or considered to be at risk of abuse or neglect within their families is a major policy dilemma. Children in the care and protection system do not fare well on a range of indictors, when compared to the overall population. In recent years there have been significant changes in policies and support for children in out of home care, including the adoption of the language of rights. Nevertheless, the care and protection of children who enter the system bearing that name is often dubbed one of social policy's 'wicked problems'. This paper synthesises concepts of human rights, children's needs and citizenship as a basis for redefining policy and services for children in out-of-home care. We suggest that improved support for children in out of home care requires the recognition of children as partners.

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          Journal
          The International Journal of Children's Rights
          Int J Child Rights
          Brill
          0927-5568
          1571-8182
          2009
          2009
          : 17
          : 2
          : 283-298
          Affiliations
          [1 ]1Crawford School of Economics and Government, The Australian National University
          [2 ]2Federmann School of Public Policy & Government and the Institute of Criminology, The Hebrew University
          Article
          10.1163/157181808X358258
          7e76c6a9-2f4f-4db8-a58f-6c8bcfedb340
          © 2009
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