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The Decolonisation of Children's Rights and the Colonial Contours of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (2020)
Journal Article
Faulkner. (2020). The Decolonisation of Children's Rights and the Colonial Contours of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. International Journal of Children's Rights, 66 - 88. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-02801009

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (uncrc) 1989 has been celebrated for its universal acceptance. However, questions still arise around its provenance and representation. In particular, the Convention is deemed to enshrine Weste... Read More about The Decolonisation of Children's Rights and the Colonial Contours of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The Victim, the Villain and the Rescuer: the trafficking of women and contemporary abolition (2018)
Journal Article
Faulkner. (2018). The Victim, the Villain and the Rescuer: the trafficking of women and contemporary abolition. https://doi.org/10.31273/LGD.2018.2101

A term as morally and politically loaded as ‘modern day slave trade’ inevitably provokes strong and emotive responses. From the current Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) (António Guterres) to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (There... Read More about The Victim, the Villain and the Rescuer: the trafficking of women and contemporary abolition.