duties and rights of child 25 years ago international Convention on the Rights of the Child was created. 25th anniversary of the Convention means that it is high time to acknowledge that this document was created for a reason. It does not mean that the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights could be abandoned, it only means that there is a need for special attention to the rights of children, the people whose rights are most often and willingly violated by those who are stronger (adults). by 2001 the Convention had been officially ratified by 191 nations. Rights covered in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child:
family environment rights to live with parents;
rights to be reunited if separated from parents; rights to be provided with alternative care if necessary basic health and welfare rights of disabled children; rights to health and healthcare; rights to social security, rights to childcare; and rights to an adequate standard of living education and cultural activities rights to education; rights to play; rights to leisure and participation in cultural life and the arts civic rights and freedom rights to a name and nationality; rights to access to information; rights to freedom of expression, of thought, and of association; right not to be subjected to torture special protections rights of refugees, rights of children caught in conflict, rights of children in juvenile justice system; rights of children deprived of their liberty or suffering economic, sexual, or other exploitation
Defense of children’s rights requires no reciprocal obligation on the part of children, except for one: children themselves should also respect the rights of other children. The child is entitled to protection from violence and abuse, harassment and torture by anybody, including other children.
And the child’s rights are rights, regardless of whether a child has good marks at school or not, whether he or she cleans dishes at home or not, observes school regulations regarding clothes and shoes or not, etc. Children should be given proper ideas and attitudes concerning studies, work, family life, behavior at school, but the rights of a child cannot be put in some strict relationship to their duties. All children, whether they are polite and obedient or naughty, have rights as any other human beings.
25 years ago international Convention on the Rights of the Child was created.
25th anniversary of the Convention means that it is high time to acknowledge that this document was created for a reason. It does not mean that the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights could be abandoned, it only means that there is a need for special attention to the rights of children, the people whose rights are most often and willingly violated by those who are stronger (adults). by 2001 the Convention had been officially ratified by 191 nations.
Rights covered in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child:
family environment rights to live with parents;
rights to be reunited if separated from parents;
rights to be provided with alternative care if necessary basic health and welfare rights of disabled children;
rights to health and healthcare;
rights to social security,
rights to childcare;
and rights to an adequate standard of living education and cultural activities
rights to education;
rights to play;
rights to leisure and participation in cultural life and the arts civic rights and freedom rights to a name and nationality;
rights to access to information; rights to freedom of expression, of thought, and of association;
right not to be subjected to torture special protections rights of refugees,
rights of children caught in conflict, rights of children in juvenile justice system;
rights of children deprived of their liberty or suffering economic, sexual, or other exploitation
Defense of children’s rights requires no reciprocal obligation on the part of children, except for one: children themselves should also respect the rights of other children. The child is entitled to protection from violence and abuse, harassment and torture by anybody, including other children.
And the child’s rights are rights, regardless of whether a child has good marks at school or not, whether he or she cleans dishes at home or not, observes school regulations regarding clothes and shoes or not, etc. Children should be given proper ideas and attitudes concerning studies, work, family life, behavior at school, but the rights of a child cannot be put in some strict relationship to their duties.
All children, whether they are polite and obedient or naughty, have rights as any other human beings.