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  2. Timeline of young people's rights in the United Kingdom

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    The timeline of children's rights in the United Kingdom includes a variety of events that are both political and grassroots in nature.. The UK government maintains a position that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is not legally enforceable and is hence 'aspirational' only, although a 2003 ECHR ruling states that, "The human rights of children and the standards ...

  3. Timeline of young people's rights in the United States

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    The timeline of young peoples' rights in the United States, including children and youth rights, includes a variety of events ranging from youth activism to mass demonstrations. There is no "golden age" in the American children's rights movement. [1]

  4. History of youth rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    During the rest of the 1970s and early 1980s, youth rights faced a backlash, succumbing to the more protectionist-oriented and well-established children's rights movement. In March 1986 the National Child Rights Alliance was founded by seven youth and adults who had been abused and neglected as children. [ 9 ]

  5. Youth activism - Wikipedia

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    The spectrum of civil rights, youth rights and anti-war activism of Tom Hayden, Keith Hefner and other 1960s youth laid a powerful precedent for modern youth activism. John Holt, Myles Horton and Paulo Freire were important in this period. Youthful life and expression defined this era.

  6. Youth rights - Wikipedia

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    This is closely akin to the notion of evolving capacities within the children's rights movement, but the youth rights movement differs from the children's rights movement in that the latter places emphasis on the welfare and protection of children through the actions and decisions of adults, while the youth rights movement seeks to grant youth ...

  7. Social history of the United Kingdom (1979–present) - Wikipedia

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    In 1988, Princess Margaret opened the UK's first residential support centre for people living with HIV and AIDS in London at London Lighthouse. [ 20 ] In July 1990, following the murders in a short period of time, of four gay men, hundreds of lesbians and gay men marched from the park where Boothe had been killed to Ealing Town Hall and held a ...

  8. Do curfew laws keep teens out of trouble? - AOL

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    What’s happening. In various areas around the country, teen curfew laws are on the books. Teen and juvenile curfews restrict youth below a certain age — usually 16 or 18 — from public places ...

  9. 1981 England riots - Wikipedia

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    In April and July 1981, there were riots in several cities and towns in England. The riots mainly involved black English youth clashing with police. They were caused by tension between black people and the police, [1] especially perceived racist discrimination against black people through increased use of stop-and-search, [2] and were also fuelled by inner-city deprivation. [3]