NCJ Number
124843
Date Published
1989
Length
46 pages
Annotation
The proposed United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child consolidates the existing international law on children and establishes new standards to meet needs not previously addressed.
Abstract
The Rights of the Child can be categorized under three main headings: (1) the right to survival through the provision of adequate food, shelter, clean water, and primary health care; (2) the right to protection from abuse, neglect and exploitation, including the right to special protection in times of war; and (3) the right to develop in a safe environment, through the provision of formal education, constructive play, advanced health care, and the opportunity to participate in the social, economic, religious, and political life of the culture -- free from discrimination. The Convention plans to promote and defend children's rights by devising a body of law on children's rights and providing a permanent forum on the rights of the child and a vehicle for mobilization. Appendix.