Childreen's rights

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Children's Rights

Who is a child according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child?

Any minor human being (minor = below the age of eighteen)

Why should childreen have 'special'rights?

• They are vulnerable
• They need protection
• They are a distint group with differents needs and rights from adults

Childreen's rights are the Humans' rights of childreen with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors.

Remember! Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings regardless of:

nationality, national or ethnic origins, sex

color, religion, language

Or any other status...

Four major categories of Children's Rights

necessary for the existence of the child

Right to survival

• Right to life and survival.
• basic needs for food
• live with their parents and not be separated from them (unless it's necessary).
• right to healthcare and medical care attainable.
• right to have a name and nationality.
• right to adequate standards of living.

ensure that a child is given all opportunities to develop their potential and evolve into a well-rounded individual

Right to development

Right to:

• access to information and material from different sources and media.
• Development through parental responsability.
• education which aims at developing the child's personality, talents, and abilities.
• enjoy their own culture and pratcice their own religion and language.
• recreation and cultural activities.

guarantees a child is heard and given a voice in any decision-making process that affect them

Right to participation

Right to:

• freedom of expression, receive, and impart information.
• freedom of thought, conscience and religion.
• freedom of association and freedom of peaceful assembly.
• protection of privacy, family, home, or correspondence.

guarantee safety from any dangerous influence or situations

Right to protection

Right to:

• protection from all forms of maltreatment, abuse and neglect.
• State is obligated to provide protection for children without family
• protection of refugee children and children with disabilities.
• protection from Child Labour, Drug abuse, Sexual exploitation, Sale trafficking, abduction, torture, deprivation, arm conflicts or other exploitations.

Childreen's rights stakeholders

those who have an obligation to respect, promote and realize childreen's rights.

The state,the main one.

who works for it

police officers, lawyers, teachers and social workers.

+ the international community.

secondary stakeholders:

+ parents and caregivers

common Violations of Childreen's rights

Child marriagea family marry off their child at an early age to reduce an economic burden

Child trafficking transportation of children for the purpose of exploitation

Sexual violencerape, abuse, pornography, prostitution

Child Labourinterferes with their education and harms their development

Childreen are unique individuals, they aren't the propriety of their parents or an helpless object of charity. They are Human beings and the subject of their own rights.

Thank you