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Open letter: on the lives of street children

As a UN committee continues to draft a 'general comment on the rights of adolescents', academics working with street children weigh in on what it should (and should not) include.

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The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is in the process of preparing a 'general comment on the rights of adolescents'. This open letter, written by a group of academics researching street children, has been produced in response to an open call for input from the drafting committee. This is the second letter published on Beyond Trafficking and Slavery regarding this topic. The first letter, 'A better approach to child work', was published 27 January 2016 and signed by 59 academics.

12 April 2016