how government implements rights?
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Andr” Viviers gave a paper at the Nuffield Free State Faculty of Law Conference on Human Rights on 11 April 2001
I want to start with a quote from Daniel Goleman:
"It is the paradox of our time that those with power are too comfortable to notice the pain of those who suffer, and those who suffer have no power".
Though my focus will be on the enforcement of children's rights in South Africa, certain aspects may just as well apply to all people in South Africa. I am also going to try to focus rather on some practical matters, rather than purely on the theory that underpins the enforcement of human rights.
The basis of human rights in our country, and thus also children's rights, is laid down in the South African Constitution, which is complemented by other international treaties on child rights which the SA Government has ratified, such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the OAU Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the African Child.
An approach to the implementation of child rights
To start, I would like to add to the many existing definitions, a simplistic description that human rights are generally those basic standards without which people cannot live in dignity.
It should also be understood that all human rights apply equally to children as they do to adults, but that additional rights are afforded to children through the above conventions and various other international instruments.
We understand that the State has the legal and moral obligation and accountability with regard to the meeting of basic needs of its people and the upholding of their rights. In other words, the state is the primary duty bearer in the implementation of rights. The state has a duty to act in the best interest of children when allocating resources available in society, no matter how small the amounts. More, children are subjects of rights or rights holders and not objects of charity. Such a view facilitates the process whereby children, within the context of their evolving capacities, participate in matters and decisions that concern them and affect their lives.
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I want to start with a quote from Daniel Goleman:
"It is the paradox of our time that those with power are too comfortable to notice the pain of those who suffer, and those who suffer have no power".
Though my focus will be on the enforcement of children's rights in South Africa, certain aspects may just as well apply to all people in South Africa. I am also going to try to focus rather on some practical matters, rather than purely on the theory that underpins the enforcement of human rights.
The basis of human rights in our country, and thus also children's rights, is laid down in the South African Constitution, which is complemented by other international treaties on child rights which the SA Government has ratified, such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the OAU Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the African Child.
An approach to the implementation of child rights
To start, I would like to add to the many existing definitions, a simplistic description that human rights are generally those basic standards without which people cannot live in dignity.
It should also be understood that all human rights apply equally to children as they do to adults, but that additional rights are afforded to children through the above conventions and various other international instruments.
We understand that the State has the legal and moral obligation and accountability with regard to the meeting of basic needs of its people and the upholding of their rights. In other words, the state is the primary duty bearer in the implementation of rights. The state has a duty to act in the best interest of children when allocating resources available in society, no matter how small the amounts. More, children are subjects of rights or rights holders and not objects of charity. Such a view facilitates the process whereby children, within the context of their evolving capacities, participate in matters and decisions that concern them and affect their lives.
I hope the answer is clear
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