Education rights : lessons for and from Northern Ireland
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description: This application for a Ph.D by independent research and publication is based on research and scholarship in the area of education law and children’s rights in Northern Ireland since 1998. The research was carried out at Queen’s University, Belfast first while I was a senior lecturer in the School of Law and then, from 2003, as a Reader in Education in the School of Education. The analysis of this body of work has been categorised into four inter-related aspects of education rights: (i) the domestic education law of Northern Ireland; (ii) the implications of international human rights law for Northern Ireland’s education system; (iii) an analysis of the unique elements of Northern Ireland’s education law which are of interest in other jurisdictions; and (iv) the significance of ensuring respect for children’s rights in education, particularly in societies affected by conflict. The title of the thesis was chosen to reflect two broad strands of my work within these categories: first, research which documents the ways in which international human rights law has provided a stimulus for change within Northern Ireland’s domestic law (‘lessons for Northern Ireland’); secondly, research which highlights what is distinctive about Northern Ireland’s approach to rights in education and might therefore inform law, policy or practice elsewhere (‘lessons from Northern Ireland’). The unifying theme of the research and therefore, in a sense, the ‘thesis’ that underpins the critical analysis of the body of work presented is that, if children’s rights in 4 education are to be fully respected, protected and fulfilled, strategies based on legal enforcement are insufficient on their own. Instead, it will be argued that a more effective way of securing rights in education is to encourage those involved in children’s education to embrace the implementation of children’s rights through increased awareness of the substance of the legal provisions alongside the benefits of compliance. A key e…
abstract: This application for a Ph.D by independent research and publication is based on research and scholarship in the area of education law and children’s rights in Northern Ireland since 1998. The research was carried out at Queen’s University, Belfast first while I was a senior lecturer in the School of Law and then, from 2003, as a Reader in Education in the School of Education. The analysis of this body of work has been categorised into four inter-related aspects of education rights: (i) the domestic education law of Northern Ireland; (ii) the implications of international human rights law for Northern Ireland’s education system; (iii) an analysis of the unique elements of Northern Ireland’s education law which are of interest in other jurisdictions; and (iv) the significance of ensuring respect for children’s rights in education, particularly in societies affected by conflict. The title of the thesis was chosen to reflect two broad strands of my work within these categories: first, research which documents the ways in which international human rights law has provided a stimulus for change within Northern Ireland’s domestic law (‘lessons for Northern Ireland’); secondly, research which highlights what is distinctive about Northern Ireland’s approach to rights in education and might therefore inform law, policy or practice elsewhere (‘lessons from Northern Ireland’). The unifying theme of the research and therefore, in a sense, the ‘thesis’ that underpins the critical analysis of the body of work presented is that, if children’s rights in 4 education are to be fully respected, protected and fulfilled, strategies based on legal enforcement are insufficient on their own. Instead, it will be argued that a more effective way of securing rights in education is to encourage those involved in children’s education to embrace the implementation of children’s rights through increased awareness of the substance of the legal provisions alongside the benefits of compliance. A key e…
author: Lundy, Laura Mary
language: eng
date published: 2008-7
date modified: 2026-07-24T03:55:12Z
provider: Queen's University Belfast
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Queen's University Belfast