Question

JITUUT
Mention the importance of child rights. 6​

Answer 1

Children are innocent, trusting and full of hope. Their childhood should be joyful and loving. Their lives should mature gradually, as they gain new experiences. But for many children, the reality of childhood is altogether different.

Right through history, children have been abused and exploited. They suffer from hunger and homelessness, work in harmful conditions, high infant mortality, deficient health care and limited opportunities for basic education, A child need not live such a life. Childhood can and must be preserved. Children have the right to survive, develop, be protected and participate in decisions that impact their lives.

CRY UK focuses on the 4 basic rights of children. These were defined in 1989, by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, an international human rights treaty to which 191 countries, including India, are signatories. The Charter of Child Rights is built on the principle that "ALL children are born with fundamental freedoms and ALL human beings have some inherent rights".

The Charter confers the following four basic rights on all children across the world:

Answer 2

Answer:

The right to survival - to life, health, nutrition, name and nationality.

The right to development - to education, care, leisure, recreation.

The right to protection - from exploitation, abuse, neglect.

The right to participation - to expression, information, thought and religion.