Chapter 12 Self-test questions

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1. Which of the following are rights contained in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child? Please select all that apply.

The right to private and family life correct incorrect

The right to life, survival and development correct incorrect

The right to express their views correct incorrect

The right to be raised in a nuclear family correct incorrect

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2. According to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, hearing the child's wishes is an intrinsic part of deciding what is in the child's best interests rather than a competing consideration.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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3. Corporal punishment in all its forms would be a breach of Article 3 ECHR

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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4. In the case of R (on the application of Williamson) v Secretary of State for Education and Employment [2005] the House of Lords held that the ban on corporal punishment in schools did not infringe the parents' Article 9 ECHR even where such punishment was in accordance with the parents' religious beliefs.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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5. Which of the following impacts has the UNCRC had in the UK? Please select all that apply.

Making all forms of corporal punishment illegal correct incorrect

Children's wishes are now the courts' paramount consideration correct incorrect

Establishment of a children's commissioner for all devolved regions correct incorrect

Specific enactment of regional measures correct incorrect