Transforming children’s rights? Dilemmas, challenges and implementation

The UN Convention on the Rights of Child (UNCRC) has now been in place for over thirty years and is widely ratified. However, as UNCRC operationalised, a number practical, conceptual ethical issues have emerged . For example, questions arise concerning children’s capacity competence to make autonomous decisions, their involvement dispute resolution relationship between rights children those parents. Particular challenges realising younger with significant disabilities. papers this special edition explore these relation UK wider international context, also different fields social policy.