Bullying: an analysis from the perspective of human rights, target groups and interventions

in The International Journal of Children's Rights
Authors: Abraham Magendzo Kolstrein 1 and María Isabel Toledo Jofré 2
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1 a)Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano, Santiago, Chile, Email: abrahammagendzo@gmail.com
2 b)Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile, Email: maria.toledo@udp.cl
Online Publication Date:
01 Jan 2013
Volume/Issue:
Volume 21: Issue 1
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/157181812X637136
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This article takes a human rights approach to analysing the phenomenon of school bullying and specifies which international human rights instruments are applicable to this violent problem. The article then moves to a discussion of groups targeted by bullying, focusing on homophobic-, gender- and xenophobic-based bullying as well as bullying linked to special educational needs (disabilities) and socioeconomic status. The second part of the article presents the principles behind bullying interventions through a human rights perspective. Anti-bullying interventions are analysed along with the necessary curricular considerations, including pedagogy, didactic principles and evaluation.

Bullying: an analysis from the perspective of human rights, target groups and interventions

in The International Journal of Children's Rights
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1571-8182
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0927-5568
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Page Count:
46–58
Subjects:
Children's Rights, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Copyright:
© 2013 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands 2013

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