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Children’s Views on Children’s Rights: A Systematic Literature Review
Children’s rights are set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This systematic literature review aimed to investigate children’s views of children’s rights, at a broad level. Nine papers were included, from a range of countries and contexts. They all accessed the views of children and young people (aged up to 18 years). A content analysis was carried out using a recursive process of hybrid aggregative-configurative synthesis, and themes within children’s views and factors that may affect these were identified. These were ‘awareness of rights’, ‘value placed on (importance of) rights’, ‘impact of having/not having rights fulfilled’, ‘realisation and respect of rights’, ‘equality of rights’, ‘identifying and categorising of rights’, and ‘factors that may affect children’s views’. These were developed into a progression of rights realisation and implications for practice and further research were considered.
- 1 Introduction
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child ( uncrc ) sets out rights of every child, consisting of 54 Articles which include civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights for all children (Save the Children, n.d.-b ; unicef , 2005 ; United Nations, 1989 ). Further to the specific Articles of the uncrc , there are four overarching core principles: of non-discrimination, devotion to the best interests of the child, the rights to life, survival and development, and respect for the views of the child (often referenced as participation or “children’s voice”) ( United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, 2003 ; Woods and Bond, 2014 ). Notably, however, the conceptualisation and integration of these “general principles” at their foundation within the uncrc has been shown to be weak ( Hanson and Lundy, 2017 ). Whilst this review does not take a specific focus on the participation principle, often specifically related to Articles 12–17, it does relate to the rationale of this review which has a focus upon children’s views of their rights. Since the uncrc has been established, significant amounts of scholarly, research and practitioner attention has focused upon this ( Anderson and Graham, 2016 ; Quennerstedt and Moody, 2020 ; Sargeant and Gillett-Swan, 2015 ; Wyse, 2001 ).
Since the adoption of the uncrc , the principles have frequently been divided into three groups (often known as the 3 Ps), of provision, protection and participation ( Hammarberg, 1990 ; Thomas, 2011 ). Quennerstedt (2010: 633) argues that these in fact have a hampering effect and suggests ‘constructing what children’s rights are about from a general human rights language of civil, political and social rights will form a better base for research’.
The “3Ps”, the four guiding principles, and the 54 Articles have created much research and critical debate both from children’s rights scholars and from those working within the framework of the uncrc ( Hanson and Lundy, 2017 ). Byrne and Lundy (2019) , focusing on creation of rights-based policy, described the comprehensiveness of the uncrc as one of its many advantages, but also noted that even from the four principles, there tends to be a focus on two of these (best interests and participation), arguably distorting overall understanding. Prior to the adoption of the uncrc , Melton (1980) carried out research to find out children’s perspectives on children’s rights, noting that ‘until the present study, no one had even asked children what they think about their rights’ ( Melton, 1980 : 186), and without the framework of the uncrc focus, this was researched more generally, and found that age, stage of cognitive development and ses status affected children’s concepts of their rights and also their attitudes towards them.
Further to this, and perhaps as further evidence to the poor integration of the principles of the uncrc to its provisions ( Hanson and Lundy, 2017 ), it is documented that children were not directly involved to any significant extent in the drafting of the uncrc , which seems somewhat paradoxical to the principle of participation ( Lundy et al. , 2015 ) and Lundy et al. (2015) speculate upon the question of what might have been the consequences had children been involved in the drafting process. It has been been established that, when listened to, children are good reporters ( unicef , 2012 ) and that, following Melton and Limber (1992) , adults will only comprehensively identify what is important to children by being aware of their views ( Taylor et al. , 2001 ).
How do children conceive of the notion of rights? What do they think their rights should be? Are they aware of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child? Do they feel that they have a say in making decisions (Article 12)? Do they want participatory rights? Does it ultimately matter what they think?
At this time, she recognised this as a growing area, as did Taylor et al. (2001) , who nevertheless identified a scarcity of studies exploring views of children and young people ( cyp ) on their rights, and how these may differ from adults. This research took place in New Zealand with a focus on awareness and understanding of rights. The authors summarised what had been found about children’s views, and factors that may affect these, including age, socioeconomic status, cultural background, ethnicity; they also indicated that previous studies suggested significant percentages of children were not familiar with the uncrc . Similarly, Alderson (2000) found more than three quarters of pupils surveyed had not heard about the uncrc , and most of the others had heard only a small amount. This is despite Article 42 which states that children, young people and adults should know about the Convention and steps should be taken to achieve this ( United Nations, 1989 ). Taylor et al. (2001) recognised the potential role of schools as places for both pupils and staff to develop understanding of rights.
The complexity of the uncrc is identified as a barrier (for adults) to implementing a child-rights approach ( Williams, 2017 ) and is clearly not a simple document for children to access, even with an understanding that children can cope and engage with complex information (see Sargeant and Gillett-Swan, 2015 ). There do now exist child-friendly copies of the uncrc (Save the Children, n.d.-a ; The Scottish Government, 2008 ; unicef , n.d.-a ) and these appear to offer ways to make the uncrc more accessible for children, from a young age. Further development of this is a current focus for Child Rights Connect linked to the 30th Anniversary ( The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, n.d. ). There are also focused ways to implement, support and develop children’s education about their rights, such as through Unicef UK’s rights-respecting schools award, and in a variety of other publications used in and beyond the UK (for example, see Brantefors and Quennerstedt’s research synthesis, 2016 ).
The present review aims to identify and synthesise findings from a range of primary research studies to present a view upon children’s views of children’s rights, and as such includes research from different countries, ages, groups (such as those in residential care) and level of exposure to children’s rights. The importance of understanding constructions of children’s rights through children’s views and experiences at a broad, and indeed global, level and considering their different contexts, is identified by Stalford and Lundy (2020) . It is fundamental within the uncrc itself, within the guiding principles, the 3Ps and the specific articles.
- 2 Methodology
From a background in professional practice, the researchers adopted a critical realist approach in conceptualising and structuring this review ( Fletcher, 2017 ). This has the advantage of communicating a particular understanding of “rigour” which is readily understandable to professional practice communities (e.g. children’s services workers) and policy makers/influencers ( Gough and Thomas, 2017 ). (The limitations of this approach are considered at a later point in this paper.)
From the research question of “What are children’s views on children’s rights?”, included research needed to access the views of children (up to 18 years) about children’s rights and this needed to be at a general or “meta” level, for all or some of the focus of the paper. The authors read carefully around this aim, with recognition of the nuanced nature of identifying relevant literature. There is much research which implicitly recognises the need to access children’s views and acknowledges the importance of children’s rights, without these being the focus of the research itself. Databases searched included: assia (via ProQuest), eric (via ProQuest) and PsycInfo (via Ovid Online). These three databases were selected in order to gather research from a range of discipline areas including education, social sciences and psychology, with a focus on accessing research on children’s views. Whilst the importance of interdisciplinarity is recognised (see Stalford and Lundy, 2020 ), it was beyond the scope of the authors to extend searches further for this review. The three databases were searched using noft ( assia , eric ) and within Abstract and within Title (PsycInfo) on 2–4 January 2019 and generated a total of 1,536 returns, including duplications, using the following search terms:
- – ‘child* rights’ or uncrc or ‘United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child’
- – child* or young people or student* or pupil* or adolescent*
- – concept* or perspective* or view* or attitude* or perceive or awareness or perception* or opinion* or thought* or value*
Each paper was scanned by title, and where necessary by abstract, and papers that did not meet the mandatory criteria of accessing children’s views about children’s rights were excluded. This left a shortlist of 116 studies, from assia (6), eric (72), PsycInfo Abstract (30) and PsycInfo Title (8). Using the same search terms, a hand search of The International Journal of Children’s Rights from the last ten years was carried out as were Google searches, and experts 1 within relevant fields were consulted, together providing another five papers at this stage.
The authors recognise there is a “grey area” around research relevance, and searched for papers with a focus upon children’s view of their rights in general, rather than any specific area of rights (e.g. participation, protection, uncrc ). Search terms did not include “voice” and “participation”, as earlier scoping showed that this understandably added a large body of research with a focus on participation as a specific aspect within the uncrc . This review aimed to access a broader view.
In order to create a final list that most reliably accessed these, several papers were discussed in detail between the authors, using the abstracts and in six cases, the full papers. A conservative approach was taken which required agreement of both authors in order for papers to be included. To meet inclusion criteria, papers were required to have a focus on rights generally and not only on specific rights, or uncrc Articles, or with a specific focus such as on “nurturance” or “self-determination”. Research was not excluded if it did not use the uncrc specifically as a framework. Papers were manually filtered to include all those published within the last ten years (2009–2019) and grey literature was not included. Whilst this exclusion decision and cut off period was not linked to any specific event or legislation, it has the benefit of accessing views from children in a contemporary context, whilst also providing a dataset of manageable proportions.
The review did not extend to search for research reported in languages other than English. Nonetheless, if the search terms had produced abstracts (and not full papers) written in English, the authors would have sought assistance to translate these.
This process led to 15 papers being identified as suitable for inclusion. These were each read in full and a further six papers were excluded as they did not meet the inclusion criteria; for example, including pupil participants who were over the age of 18 years, or utilising a structured and directive approach focused on outcomes of children’s rights training. This was due to some research focusing on knowledge of structured content pre and post teaching on children’s rights, without gathering children’s more broadly formed views about their rights, either pre- or post- rights teaching, which was the primary focus on this review.
The final inclusion criteria required papers to:
- – access the views of children (up to 18 years) about children’s rights;
- – have a general or “meta” rights focus, and not a narrow focus on specific rights or rights frameworks;
- – be peer-reviewed research published in the last ten years;
- – not use a structured and directive approach focused on outcomes of rights training/education.
Full review then progressed with the evaluation of the remaining nine papers. It is relevant to note that two of these, Kosher and Ben-Arieh (2017) and af Ursin and Haanpää (2018) , utilise the same dataset but with differing scope and analyses.
Gough’s (2007) Weight of Evidence (WofE) framework was used. Quantitative and/or qualitative review frameworks as appropriate to the specific piece of research were used critically to review the nine papers for methodological quality (WofE A). The qualitative investigation and evaluation papers utilised the frameworks used by Bond et al. (2013) in their review of the effectiveness of solution focused brief therapy (cf. also Law and Woods, 2018 ). Each paper was coded with final scores assigned up to 14 points, with criteria including execution of data collection, analysis close to data, evidence of explicit reflexivity and evidence of attention to ethical issues.
The quantitative investigations utilised a framework previously used by Flitcroft and Woods (2018) , and Woodley-Hume and Woods (2019) , and based on research appraisal guidelines ( Genaidy et al. , 2007 ; Wallace and Wray, 2011 ). These were coded with final scores assigned up to 16 points, with criteria including clear research question or hypothesis, multi-level or intergroup analyses, limitations of the research and implications of findings. Following Bond et al. (2013) , mixed methods research was coded using both frameworks. As frameworks had different totals, final scores were converted to percentages to allow for comparison, and the higher percentage was used. Following Law and Woods (2018) , these percentages were then used to categorise each paper as high quality (67–100 per cent), medium quality (34–66 per cent), or low quality (33 per cent or less).
Each paper was also rated for methodological appropriateness (WofE B). In this case, papers were assessed as high if they used qualitative methods, medium for mixed methods and low for quantitative methods. Whilst the use of qualitative methods enables gathering of data close to participant views, quantitative research also adds relevant information about these (cf. Law and Woods, 2018 ).
Each paper was also evaluated for relevance of focus (WofE C) and categorised as:
- – high (central and open focus on children’s views on children’s rights in general);
- – medium (partial and open focus on children’s views on children’s rights in general or central focus on children’s views on children’s rights with (de)limiting context/framework);
- – low (tangential focus on children’s views on children’s rights in general).
Approximately one third (n = 3) of these papers were reviewed by both authors for the purpose of moderating evaluation, and inter-rater agreement percentages following joint moderation were calculated at an average of 97 per cent final inter-rater agreement; the remaining six papers were read in their entirety and reviewed by the first author.
Each paper was read several times by the first author and key data from each paper was mapped and summarised (see Table 1 ). A content analysis of the findings of each paper was then carried out (cf. Brantefors and Quennerstedt, 2016 ), which supported a recursive process of hybrid aggregative-configurative synthesis ( Gough et al. , 2013 ), which referenced both broad conceptualisations of children’s rights, as well as to the principles of the uncrc and its Articles. This process is summarised in Figure 1 above:
- 3.1 Awareness and Understanding of Rights
- 3.2 Value and Importance Placed on Rights
- 3.3 Impact of Having/Not having Rights Fulfilled
- 3.4 Realisation and Respect of Rights
- 3.5 Equality of Rights
- 3.6 Identifying and Categorising Rights
- 3.7 Factors that May Affect Children’s Views
- 4.1 Summary of Findings
- 4.2 Implications for Theory and Understanding
- 4.3 Implications for Practice
- 4.4 Implications for Future Research
- 4.5 Limitations
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Essay on Child Rights for Students in English [500+ Words]
January 3, 2021 by Sandeep
Essay on Child Rights: The sound development of a child in terms of physical, mental, emotional and social growth is the essential right of every child. Children can express their claim to these rights without any hesitation. Right to education is also a fundamental right, and these factors have been placed on world agenda tables. The UN General Assembly has adopted these rights as universal claims, and any form of discrimination/ violence against children can attract penal action against offenders.
Essay on Child Rights 500 Words in English
Below we have provided Child Rights Essay in English, suitable for class 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10.
Child rights are the sub-category of human rights catering, especially to the children in terms of their health, education, recreation, family, etc. It also highlights their development and age-appropriate needs that change a passage of time. Three general principles foster all children’s rights,
Non-discrimination – under this, every child is treated equally and has a right to strengthen their potential at all times. For instance, every child will gain access to education irrespective of its gender, nationality, caste, disability or another status.
Opinion of the child – the child wants to be heard and understood; that’s why the voice of the children is pivotal in their overall development. For example, the parents or the elders of the house should take into consideration their children’s needs before making decisions that will further cause damage.
Right to inclusive education – A child with a disability should receive equal access to training and development without being neglected.
United Nation Convention has listed the below rights for the children who come under the age of 18. These rights embody the freedom of children, favourable family environment, leisure, education, health care and cultural activities.
Right to Survival
- Right to live with respect.
- Right to be born.
- Right to have access to basic food, clothing and shelter.
Right to Protection
- Right to be protected from violence.
- Right to be protected from drugs.
- Right to be protected from exploitation.
- Right to be protected from abandon.
Right to Participation
- Right to freedom of voice.
- Right to freedom of expression.
- Right to freedom to form an association.
- Right to information.
Right to Development
- Right to learn and explore.
- Right to rest and play.
- Right to seek education.
- Right to overall development-emotional, physical and psychological.
Significance of Children’s Rights
Children’s are not a commodity or an item to be owned by the parents or the society, but an individual who possesses equal status as a member of the human race. They have their likes and dislikes, which assists them to harness their energy for future growth. Parents can love, care and nurture children through guidance and advice gradually. They need to be thrust towards independence continuously. The sense of accountability needs to be developed by providing necessary tasks so that they realize their value and voice.
The course of their progress determines the future of the children and the country as a whole. The devastating changes like climate change, globalisation, the disintegration of the family, mass migration, etc. affects children to a massive level crippling their identity and social welfare. In situations like armed conflict and other national emergencies, the conditions worsen. Children are vulnerable and susceptible to health risks. The repercussions of disease, malnutrition and poverty endanger their future potential.
They fall prey to sordid living conditions, poor health-care, lack of safe water and housing and environmental damage. Because of all these reasons, children are deprived of the proper home as they are left on the streets. Not only the government but also the citizens of the nation should take charge of enhancing their requirements and taking an initiative to bring change. It is paramount to show respect and appreciation towards children as it helps them to develop healthy mentally. By doing so, their personality is not disabled, and they feel part of society.
10 Lines on Child Rights
- The declaration of Child’s Right was established in the year 1924.
- The rights were formulated by saving the children founder, Eglantyne Jebb.
- The most important rights are- survival, developmental, protection and participation rights.
- It is an extension of human rights, especially for children below 18 years of age.
- These rights emphasize on the age-appropriate needs.
- The violation of the rights includes violence, poverty, and discrimination.
- The United Nation Convention has further elaborated the rights for better understanding and knowledge.
- Through these rights, the government is encouraging people to contribute through donations, adoption and sponsorship.
- Also, these rights stress on having their opinion and say in every decision taken for their betterment.
- The government, through its efforts, is urging people to be vigilant around what is happening and report if there is any violation regarding the rights of the children.
Essay on Child Rights
We live in a society. When people have built a society, they made rules and laws for that society. Some laws and rules are made by the government, while others are made by the people who live in the country. This includes laws that are necessary for the healthy survival of humans. We have some rights that help us to live peacefully. Similarly, there are also some rights for children which are referred to as child rights. Today, we will discuss Child Rights in detail.
Short and Long Child Rights Essay in English
Here, we are presenting short and long short essays on Child Rights in English for students under word limits of 100 – 150 Words, 200 – 250 words, and 500 – 600 words. This topic is useful for students of classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 in English. These provided essays on Child Rights will help you to write effective essays, paragraphs, and speeches on this topic.
Child Rights Essay 10 Lines (100 – 150 Words)
1) Children have some basic human rights as adults which are referred to as child rights.
2) Every child has rights, irrespective of their age, race, gender, or where they were born.
3) Child rights are important for the physical and mental growth of children.
4) Rights to education, rights to survival, right health, etc are some child rights.
5) Child rights are essential to set up a good environment for children.
6) It is also important for the development of the nation.
7) In 1989, the United Nations Convention on Child Rights was passed.
8) Children are human beings who should have their rights.
9) Child rights are important to save children from exploitation.
10) We should protect child’s rights and fight issues like child labor and harassment.
Short Essay on Child Rights (250 – 300 Words)
Introduction
Even though there has been a lot of progress in the last few decades, millions of children still don’t have their basic rights. Terms like child labor, and harassment is getting common these days. Children also have the right to extra protection because they are more likely to be used or abused.
What is meant by Child Rights?
Child rights are the fundamental rights that are provided to every child for their proper growth and development. Children have the right to be with their parents and to have a human identity. They also have the right to physical protection, food, education, health care, and criminal laws that are right for their living. Children also have the right to equal protection of their civil rights and to not be treated differently because of their race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, or color.
Need for Child Rights
When children’s rights are protected, they have a much better chance of growing up in society. During a war, a lot of children are hurt in big ways. Most of the time, children have to work in places that are very dangerous and unhealthy. They end up not being able to read or write, and they don’t have any skills. Because of this, they become criminals. These rights will protect them from the different kinds of abuse they might face in their lives.
Child rights are the human rights of children, with a focus on their rights to safety and opportunity. Like adults, they too have a life. People should follow the rules and care for child rights.
Long Essay on Child Rights (500 Words)
Every child deserves to have a full childhood, where they are cared for by their families and communities. They need an environment safe from violence, that gives them the chance to grow and do well like other kids. Surrounding majorly affects a child’s health and development. India has more than a billion people, and more than millions of them are children. It has more children than any other country. They are an important part of society. Like other humans, they also need some basic rights to live peacefully.
History of Child Rights
After World War I, the League of Nations, which would later become the UN, wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It included the rights to life, food, shelter, education, freedom of speech and religion, justice, and peace. In 1959, the “United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the Child” tried for the first time to make sure that children were safe from abuse. It came up with 10 principles. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was made in 1989, and many countries have signed it. This convention gives children a lot of different rights. This UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is very important for making sure children’s rights are respected.
Importance of Child Rights
Children are the world’s future. They are the ones who will be able to help the country grow and improve. So, it is important to protect the rights of every child. In many places, children have to deal with dirty places to live, bad health care, lack of safe water and housing, and damage to the environment. Because of all these things, children are left on the streets and don’t have a good place to live. They are the most vulnerable resource in the world. They can reach their fullest potential in a safe environment where children’s rights are respected. Therefore, they should have the right to a good education, good health, and good food.
What are Child Rights
The Convention on the Rights of the Child says that child rights are part of international law. It says that all children should be treated in a fair, equal, and dignified way. The UN General Assembly has made these rights universal claims, which means that anyone who discriminates against or hurts a child can be punished.
Some fundamental child rights are listed below:
- Right to Education
- Right to Survival
- Right to Participation
- Right to Development
- Right to Health
- Right to Protected from Violence
- Right to a Family Life
- Right to an Opinion
- Right to be protected from Exploitation
Every child has a right to live on this Earth. Government has to make sure that children can use the rights they have. Moreover, we should also make sure that we do everything we can to protect the most vulnerable people in our communities. We can keep them safe from harm, child labor, and war. We can help them build a better future for themselves and for the upcoming generations.
I hope the above provided essays on Child Rights will be helpful in understanding the importance of child rights and the need to protect them.
FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions on Child Rights
Ans. Every year on 20 November, Child Rights Day is celebrated in India.
Ans. The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child defines a child as any person under the age of 18.
Ans. World Children’s Day is celebrated on 20 November every year.
Ans. There are many challenges to child rights like poverty, culture, environment, neglectful family, etc.
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• Furthers the realization of child rights as laid down in the CRC and other international human rights instruments; • Uses child rights standards and principles from the CRC and other international human rights instruments to guide behaviour, actions, policies and programmes; • Builds the capacity of children as rights-holders to
Mary's book Children's Rights and Power moves beyond the usual '3Ps' - protection, provision and participation rights - to the key but too often neglected fourth P - power. The. book ...
kevin.a.woods@manchester .ac.uk. Abstract. Children's rights ar e set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the. Child. This systematic literature r eview aimed to investigate ...
The CRC and its Optional Protocols are central to children's rights law as it is. globally codified. 1. No human rights treaties are as widely ratified as the CRC. Counting 196 States Parties ...
freedom of education, parental rights, and the child's right to receive an education can effectively coexist. As is the case with many other rights (for example, privacy and ... argument in favor of freedom of education in his essay On Liberty. Mill's libertarian 3"Universal Declaration of Human Rights." Article 26, Section 1.
2019 signals the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC, 1989 ). From its inception the CRC was heralded as a "touchstone" for children's rights, encompassing civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights (Lansdown, 2010 ). Children were deemed to be rights holders, entitled to protection, suitable ...
Declaration of the Rights of the Child of 1924 and in the Declaration of the Rights of the Child adopted by the General Assembly on 20 November 1959 and recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (in particular in articles 23 and 24), in
The ethical basis of human rights has been defined using concepts such as human flourishing, dignity, duties to family and society, natural rights, individual freedom, and social justice against exploitation based on sex, class or caste. All of these moral arguments for human rights are part of ethical discourse.
Abstract Children's rights are set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This systematic literature review aimed to investigate children's views of children's rights, at a broad level. Nine papers were included, from a range of countries and contexts. They all accessed the views of children and young people (aged up to 18 years). A content analysis was carried ...
campaign around children's rights to read—and what needs to be done to ensure these fundamental rights. This task force is composed of ILA members from Australia, Ireland, Japan, Russia, and the United States. Their work yielded a list of 10 rights, of equal importance, that every child deserves. In . The Case for Children's Rights to Read
My position, based on the values of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, is that prevention must first begin with stimulation of competencies on the cognitive (critical thinking) and discursive (dialogue among peers) levels. Furthermore, I assert that this stimulation must begin as early as preschool. To this end, the instrument I favor ...
中文. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an important agreement by countries who have promised to protect children's rights. The Convention explains who children are, all their rights, and the responsibilities of governments. All the rights are connected, they are all equally important and they cannot be taken away ...
Save the Children. Format. pdf. Content type. Child Friendly Materials, Teaching Resources. Keywords. Child protection, Children's rights. This child friendly document presents, in a creative and clear manner, what children have a right to - and what they have as responsibilities.
Noam Peleg. 1 RIGHTS FOR CHILDREN: IT'S ORIGIN AND IMPORTANCE INTRODUCTION Welcome! This is the first chapter of the module on 'Rights Canvas', which will give you a fairly thorough overview of the legal and normative framework in India and the world that is relevant to children. It must seem strange to have a completely separate section ...
10 Lines on Child Rights. The declaration of Child's Right was established in the year 1924. The rights were formulated by saving the children founder, Eglantyne Jebb. The most important rights are- survival, developmental, protection and participation rights. It is an extension of human rights, especially for children below 18 years of age.
THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD. - THE CHILDREN'S VERSION. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an important agreement by countries who have promised to protect children's rights. The Convention on the Rights of the Child explains who children are, all their rights, and the responsibilities ...
CHILD RIGHTS AND CHILD PROTECTION 2015 By: Gatuyu Cosmus Page 2 Child-Person under 14 years of age.Juvenile-person between 14-16 years.Young Person-Between 16-18 years.Adult - 18 years+. NB: For our course we shall consider pre-school children who are between the ages of 0-8 years. Rights:- these are claims which are fair and just for every human being to have.
Abstract. Child Rights are fundamental freedoms and the inherent rights of all human beings below the age of 18. These rights apply to every child, irrespective of the child's parent's / legal ...
Meeler, Lauren and Todres, Jonathan, Deprivation of Liberty as a Last Resort: Understanding the Children's Rights Law Mandate for Youth Justice (April 18, 2024). Stanford Journal of International Law Vol. 60, pp 1-27 (2024), Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com ...
In response, the constitution was amended to include a guaranteed right to free education for children aged six to fourteen (Alston and Bhuta, 2005;Grewal and Singh, 2011;Merhotra, 2012).
These provided essays on Child Rights will help you to write effective essays, paragraphs, and speeches on this topic. Child Rights Essay 10 Lines (100 - 150 Words) 1) Children have some basic human rights as adults which are referred to as child rights. 2) Every child has rights, irrespective of their age, race, gender, or where they were born.