HUMAN RIGHTS
Human Rights Provisions
Children and young people have the same basic general human rights as adults and also specific rights that recognize their special needs. Because the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) brings together rights articulated in other international treaties there are many parallels between the Convention and other treaties.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Role of the United Nations
The United Nations has repeatedly emphasized the need to integrate human rights into the broad range of its activities. It is essential to recognize the potential of almost all UN human rights mechanisms and procedures for contributing to the protection and promotion of children’s rights
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Path to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
In 1945, the United Nations Charter laid the groundwork for the Convention by urging nations to promote and encourage respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms ‘for all’. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights followed three years later, further stressing that “motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and protection” and referring to the family as “the natural and fundamental group unit of society
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Background on Human Rights
All rights are equal and no right is superior to any other; there are no ‘small’ rights. Human rights are indivisible and interrelated, with a focus on the individual and the community as a whole. Although human rights are often divided into two categories—civil and political rights and economic, social and cultural rights—rights cannot be treated separately or in distinct categories because the enjoyment of one right usually depends on fulfillment of other rights
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Human Rights Framework
The United Nations set a common standard on human rights with the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Although this Declaration is not part of binding international law, its acceptance by all countries around the world gives great moral weight to the fundamental principle that all human beings, rich and poor, strong and weak, male and female, of all races and religions, are to be treated equally and with respect for their natural worth as human beings
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Child Rights Overview
In order to protect the rights of children, the United Nations created a 1989 agreement called the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This document outlines all the human rights and protections children must have so they can be safe, respected and empowered. The convention covers all aspects of child rights, from the right to go to school to the right to be free from physical or sexual abuse.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Fact Sheet: Child Maltreatment (Abuse)
Children who are abused or neglected are at higher risk for health problems as adults. These problems include alcoholism, depression, drug abuse, eating disorders, obesity, sexual promiscuity, smoking, suicide, and certain chronic diseases.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Sex Trafficking
Sex trafficking is a modern-day form of slavery in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such an act is under the age of 18 years. Enactment of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) made sex trafficking a serious violation of Federal law. The TVPA also recognizes labor trafficking, which is discussed in a separate fact sheet.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Uganda’s Use of Child Soldiers
Over 300,000 child soldiers exist in the world today. These aren’t just children. In many cases, they are the future of their countries. They are the connections from one family to the next. They are the hopes and dreams of one entire generation. They are the children of war, and they are dying.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Psychological Impacts on Child Soldiers
A child’s innocence is one of the most precious and fragile things in the world, and while most children around the world go through a gradual process, child soldiers have not only their innocence, but their entire childhood stolen away from them. One day, a boy is splashing in the river, and three days later, he is killing men with a machine gun.
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