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Rights of Child: Binaljoshi Assistant Professor Child Health Nursing

1) Children's rights include the right to protection, care, association with parents, identity, education, healthcare, and age-appropriate criminal laws. 2) The Geneva Declaration of 1924 was the first international instrument recognizing children's rights, but it became ineffective during World War II. 3) The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted in 1989, is now the most widely ratified human rights treaty and defines core children's rights such as survival, development, health, education, and participation.

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Rights of Child: Binaljoshi Assistant Professor Child Health Nursing

1) Children's rights include the right to protection, care, association with parents, identity, education, healthcare, and age-appropriate criminal laws. 2) The Geneva Declaration of 1924 was the first international instrument recognizing children's rights, but it became ineffective during World War II. 3) The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted in 1989, is now the most widely ratified human rights treaty and defines core children's rights such as survival, development, health, education, and participation.

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RIGHTS OF

CHILD
BINALJOSHI
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
CHILD HEALTH NURSING
Children Rights are

Children's rights are the perceived human rights of children with particular attention to the rights

of special protection and care afforded to the young, including their right to association with both

biological parents, human identity as well as the basic needs for food, universal state-paid

education, health care and criminal laws appropriate for the age and development of the child.
ORIGIN OF RIGHTS

IN september 1924 assembly of league of Nations adapted


Geneva Declaration –RIGHTS OF CHILDREN.

Sep. 1924 1939

IN 1939 The world war broke out which made league


powerless.so the declaration became scraps of paper.
In 1946 after united states was formed their theme
was recommended to the economic and social
council of united nations.its main idea was to
review the declaration.

1946 1948

In 1948 united nations general assembly approved


to adapt universal declaration of human rights.in
human rights declaration right of childrens was one
of the declaration
Later on it was realized that adding as one article in
declaration is not enough.

It was felt that children have special needs, so rights of


children have special document instead a part of human right
declaration.

In 1950 the social commission of economics and social council


of united nations made a preliminary draft of new declaration.
The united nation adopted the “ Declaration of the Rights of

the Child”, on 20th November,1959, to meet the special needs of


I

the child.

India was signatory to this declaration to give the child pride of

place and to make the people aware of the rights and need of

the children and duties towards them.


Definition

Children’s rights law is defined as the point


where the law intersects with a child’s life.
Rights of Child
1. Right to develop in an atmosphere of affection and security and protection against all
forms or neglect, cruelty, exploitation and traffic.
2. Right to enjoy the benefits of social security, including nutrition, housing and medical care.

3. Right to a name and nationality.

4. Right to free education.

5. Right to full opportunity for play and recreation.

6. Right to special treatment, education and appropriate care, if handicapped.


Rights of child
7. Right to be among the first to receive protection and relief in times of disaster.

8. Right to learn to be a useful member of society and to develop in a healthy and


normal manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity.
9. Right to be brought up in a spirit of understanding, tolerance, friendship among
people, peace and universal brotherhood.
10. Right to enjoy these rights, regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national or
social origin.
Since 1989, the realization that children have special needs and hence, the special rights has
given birth to an international law in the shape of Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

The provisions of the Convention were confirmed in 1990 by the World Summit for Children.
Now, the Convention is credited as the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world.

Empowered with 54 Articles, the Convention defines children as people below the age 18
years (Article 1), whose ‘best interests’ must be taken into account in all situations (Article 3).

It protects children's right to survive and develop (Article 6) to their full potential and among
its provisions are those affirming children's right to the highest attainable standard of health
care (Article 24) and to express views (Article 12) and receive information (Article 13).
• According to Article 28, the states are obliged to make primary education compulsory and
available to all children.

• Children have a right to be registered immediately after birth and to have name and nationality
(Article 31) and to protection from all forms of exploitation and sexual abuse (Article 34).

• Notable advances have been made during the last decade of the 20th century and the subsequent
years of the present, i.e. 21st century for the welfare of children, including laws to safeguard
them from suffering and exploitation, near eradication of poliomyelitis, reduction of morbidity
and mortality from neonatal tetanus and measles, fall in vitamin A deficiency blindness,
reduction in deaths from diarrheal dehydration, sensitization of people against child labor and
child abuse and neglect, etc.
• Now, more children are born healthy and more are Immunized, more can read and write,
more are free to learn, play and simply live as children than would have been thought
possible, even a short decade ago.
• This is the direct result of translation of the commitments made in the Convention into
concrete action. Yet, for all the gains made, violations of children's rights, particularly in the
developing world, continue to be breathtaking, ranging from failure to register births and
provide healthcare and education to exploitation in the form of child labor, abuse and neglect
and involvement of adolescents in terrorist and militancy-related armed conflicts.
• Undoubtedly, there is a strong case for a social movement to fan the flame that burned over a
decade ago for rights of the child and the adolescent for smooth navigation into adulthood.
• This is particularly a ‘must’ for advancing human development in the developing countries.
And, those of us responsible for health and care of children and adolescents must in
particular take it as a call for vision and leadership to realize a new dream of humankind, free
from poverty, disease and discrimination.
Thank you….

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