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UN
Convention on The Rights Of a Child.
The
following information highlights the young persons viewpoints
on the UN Convention. For the full rights and desciptions
click
here and go to the official web UN website.
My
idea of what 'The UN Convention on the rights of the
child' means
The
idea of the convention is to get the message across
to adults and children that children are to be treated
as individuals. They are not just to be treated as objects
that you can treat as you like.
Welfare
Article 3
Courts of law, social workers, lawmakers etc have to
do what the child needs and wants, if it is in their
interests.
Parental
role
Article 5
The government or its representatives are to respect
the parents/guardian’s ideas of how to bring the
child up, as long as it’s not harming for the child.
Right
to Life
Article 6
The government or its representatives are to ensure
that children can develop into the person they want
to be and have a right to live.
Nationality
Article 7
Children have a right to a name and nationality and
if it’s in their best interests, to grow up with
their parents.
Identity
Article 8
The government or its representatives respects the right
for children to keep their name, nationality and family
relations.
Family
Life
Article 9
The government or its representatives should make sure
that a child will live with parents unless that the
child’s safety is in jeopardy.
Where
the child doesn’t live with their parents the government
or its representatives ensures that they keep in contact
unless it isn’t in the child’s best interests.
Child’s
wishes
Article 12
The government or its representatives should ensure
the child can speak their opinion and that they are
listened to.
Freedom
of expression
Article 13
Children have the right to express themselves through
any medium and also to obtain any information.
Freedom
of thought
Article 14
Children have the right to think what they like.
Freedom
of association
Article 15
The government or its representatives respects the rights
of children to meet with other children in a peaceful
manner.
Privacy
Article 16
Every child has the right to privacy in the home, with
the family and towards their paperwork, including diaries
and letters. People don’t have the right to barge
in without permission, or to talk about you in an untruthful
way.
Access
to information
Article 17
Children have the right to access any information from
Britain and other countries through newspapers, books,
internet, television or any other source, especially
those aimed at their well being.
Parental
support
Article18
The government or its representatives admit that the
parents have joint responsibilities for the child’s
upbringing and welfare.
Protection
from Abuse
Article 19
The government or its representatives will make sure
that country has laws to protect children from all forms
of abuse.
Health
Article24
The government or its representatives will try to guarantee
that children get health care.
Right
to Education
Article 28
The government or its representatives recognise the
fact that children have a right to education.
Employment
Article 32
The government or its representatives ensure that any
work children do, will not be harmful to them in any
way and they will get fair wages.
Child
victims
Article 39
The government or its representatives promise to help
a child recover in all positive ways from any form of
injustice, either physical or mental, towards the child.
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