INTERNATIONALLY
ACCEPTED RIGHTS OF
THE CHILD
What are human rights?
Human rights are those basic standards without which
people cannot live in dignity. To violate someone’s
human rights is to treat that person as though she or
he were not a human being.
To advocate human rights is to demand that the
human dignity of all people be respected.
The United Nations adopted
the “Declaration of the Rights of
the child”, on 20th
November,1959.
AIM
To meet the special needs of the
child.
THE 10 BASIC RIGHTS OF
THE CHILD ARE……..
1.Right to develop in an atmosphere of
affection and security and protection against
all forms of 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.
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, nation or social origin.
LEGAL RIGHTS OF THE CHILDREN
AND THEIR PARENTS
1. When the children are too young to care for
themselves parents or their substitutes are
required to provide food , clothing, shelter,
education and medical care for them.
2.If the children are “at risk”such as neglected or
abused, other persons such as neighbours,
relations and nurses as professional persons are
legally mandated to report these problems and to
intervene for help.
3.Children who are physically or mentally
handicapped, State Government have
established some additional rights for them such
as,
Right to live in a normal setting as possible.
Right to equal opportunity for public education.
Right to quality medical care.
Right to equal employment opportunity.
4.Children have the right to express their desires,
when decisions are made about them.
5.When custody of children is followed, the court
often appoints separate legal council for
children.
6.Parents do not have the legal right to withhold
the medical care from a child.
Eg:Consent for a blood transfusion, if parents
neglect, court may assume this responsibility.
7.Children have the right to know who is
responsible for their care, including all members
of their health and nursing teams.
8.Adolescent has the right to obtain information
about and confidential management of birth
control measures, pregnancy, abortion, STD,
alcohol, drug abuse and psychiatric problems.
DO CHILDREN GETTING THE PROPER
RIGHTS IN INDIA ???????
The right to Education:
50% of Indian children aged 6-18 do not go to school
Dropout rates increase alarmingly in class III to V,
its 50% for boys, 58% for girls.
The right to Expression:
Every child has a right to express himself freely in
which ever way he likes.
Majority of children however are exploited
by their elders and not allowed to express.
The right to Information:
Every child has a right to know his basic rights and
his position in the society.
High incidence of illiteracy and ignorance among
the deprived and underprivileged children prevents
them from having access to information about them
and their society.
The right to Nutrition:
More than 50% of India's children are malnourished.
While one in every five adolescent boys is
malnourished, one in every two girls in India is
undernourished.
The right to Health & Care:
58% of India's children below the age of 2 years are not fully
vaccinated.
And 24% of these children do not receive any form
of vaccination.
Over 60% of children in India are anemic. 95 in every
1000 children born in India, do not see their fifth birthday.
70 in every 1000 children born in India, do not see
their first birthday.
The right to protection from Abuse:
There are approximately 2 million child commercial sex
workers between the age of 5 and 15 years and about 3.3
million between 15 and 18 years.
They form 40% of the total population of commercial
sex workers in India.
500,000 children are forced into this trade every
year.
The right to protection from
Exploitation:
17 million children in India work as per official
estimates. A study found that children were sent to work
by compulsion and not by choice, mostly by parents,
but with recruiter playing a crucial role in influencing
decision. When working outside the family, children put
in an average of 21 hours of labour per week.
Poor and bonded families often "sell" their children to
contractors who promise lucrative jobs in the cities
and the children end up being employed in brothels,
hotels and domestic work.
Many run away and find a life on the streets.
The right to protection from Neglect:
Every child has a right to lead a well protected and
secure life away from neglect. However, children
working under exploitative and inhuman conditions
get neglected badly.
The right to Development:
Every child has the right to development that lets the
child explore her/his full potential. Unfavourable living
conditions of underprivileged children prevents them
from growing in a free and uninhibited way.
The right to Recreation:
Every child has a right to spend some time on
recreational pursuits like sports, entertainment and
hobbies to explore and develop. Majority of poor
children in India do not get time to spend on
recreational activities.
The right to Name & Nationality:
Every child has a right to identify himself with a nation.
A vast majority of underprivileged children in India are
treated like commodities and exported to other
countries as labour or prostitutes.
The right to Survival:
Of the 12 million girls born in India, 3 million do not see
their fifteenth birthday, and a million of them are unable
to survive even their first birthday. Every sixth girl child's
death is due to gender discrimination.
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