A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child—Article 17: Access to a Diversity of Diversity of Mass Media Sources

A journalist and owner of news services, Sacino has also studied children's rights. Here she comments on the article of the Convention that calls for children to have access to information and material from a diversity of national and international sources, especially those aimed at the promotion of the children's social, spiritual, and moral well being and physical and mental health. She begins by comparing it to related human rights provisions, then looks at its scope, and its implementation from the perspective of the committee. A final section surveys challenges, among them private sector guidelines, the participation of children, and the Internet's influence on the future. There is no index. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Sherry Sacino is a lifelong journalist and entrepreneur having founded and operated two news services: Athletes News Service and Youth OUTLOUD! for more than 20 years. She is currently the President of the Youth Empowerment Alliance, Inc. and Editor-in-Chief of Youth OUTLOUD! a worldwide distribution network of youth-created media. She holds a Master of Advanced Studies in Children’s Rights from the Law Faculty of University of Fribourg/Institut Universitaire Kurt Bosch (IUKB) in Switzerland and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Arizona State University. She lives in Florida, New York and Italy.