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The State shall take all feasible measures to protect and care for children affected by armed conflict.Įvery child accused of having committed an offence or crime should be guaranteed to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, to have legal assistance in presenting his/her case, not to be compelled to give testimony or to confess guilt, to have his/her privacy fully respected, to be dealt with in a manner appropriate to their age, circumstances and well-being. The child shall be protected from all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse, the use of children in prostitution or other unlawful sexual practices, in pornographic performances and materials. The child shall be protected from illicit use of narcotic drugs. The child shall be protected from economic exploitation and from performing work that is hazardous to his/her life and development. The child has the right to rest and leisure, to play and freely participate in cultural life and the arts. The child has the right to enjoy his/her own culture.
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Education should be directed to the development of the child’s personality, talents and abilities, the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, responsible life in a free society in the spirit of peace, friendship, understanding, tolerance and equality, the development of respect for the natural environment. School discipline shall be administered in a manner consistent with the child’s dignity. The State shall make primary education compulsory and available and free to all and encourage the development of different forms of secondary education, make them available to every child. The child has the right to a standard of living which will allow physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development. The child has the right to benefit from social security. The child has the right to the highest attainable standard of health care, with emphasis on primary health care, the development of preventive health care. The State shall take all legislative, administrative, social and educational measures for the protection of the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury, abuse, neglect, maltreatment or exploitation. Parents have the prime responsibility for the upbringing and development of the child. The State shall ensure the right of the child to access to information and material from national and international sources No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his/her privacy, family, home or correspondence the child should be protected from unlawful attacks on his/her honour and reputation. The child has the right to freedom of association and peaceful assembly. The right of the child to freedom of thought, conscience and religion shall be respected. The child has the right to freedom of expression, including the right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kind. The child has the right to express views on all matters affecting him/her and the child’s views should be given due weight. The child has the right not to be separated from its parents, except in its best interests and by a judicial procedure. The child has the right to identity and nationality. The child has the right to a name, to acquire a nationality and to know and be cared for by its parents The state shall respect the responsibility, rights and duties of the parents or extended family.Įvery child has the inherent right to life
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In all actions concerning children the best interest of the child shall be of primary consideration. The rights safeguarded in the Convention shall be ensured without any discrimination of any kind. The Convention outlines in 41 articles the human rights to be respected and protected for every child under the age of eighteen years.ĭefinition of child as “every human being below the age of eighteen years”, unless the national law considers majority attained at an earlier age. The Convention was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 20 November 1989 and entered into force in September 1990.
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The Convention incorporates the full range of human rights - civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights - of children into one single document. The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the most universally accepted human rights instrument, ratified by every country in the world except two. Status of ratification of major international human rights instruments.Questions and answers about Human Rights.Human Rights Activism and the Role of NGOs.Using Compass for human rights education.Approaches to human rights education in Compass.Introduction to the 2012 edition of Compass.
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