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Children’s rights are human rights

The upcoming Children’s Rights Strategy will be an opportunity to mainstream children’s rights in all EU policies, explains Saskia Bricmont.

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Saskia Bricmont

By Saskia Bricmont

06 Apr 2020

This Convention marks a turning point in the way children are perceived: from being objects, they become subjects with their own rights.

Thirty years of rights and principles have come true for many children around the world. Thirty years, during which a majority of states have adopted more protective and emancipatory legislation for children.

“Making children’s rights a reality rather than a principle will underpin my mandate as an MEP. I hope that, with my colleagues from the Intergroup on Children Rights, we can make this ambition come true”

Governments have acted against violence and the exploitation of children, primary education rates are increasing, while infant mortality has halved since 1990.

We can only salute the work of associations on the ground and all dedicated social services for children who strive to make these rights a daily reality

Thirty years of progress certainly, but against facts and reality, one can only draw a bitter observation on the current situation regarding children’s rights in the world and within the European Union.

One in four children in Europe are currently at risk of poverty; access to education is not guaranteed.

Meanwhile, the rights of migrant children are often violated and there are thousands of missing migrant children in Europe, migrant children are still detained in our countries with serious consequences for their development.

The rights of LGBTI children and families are at risk and they often suffer stigmatisation in most Member States.

European children of foreign fighters are abandoned in camps in Syria in disastrous humanitarian situation.

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