Rights Relating To Child Care In Different Countries

Nirupam Bhattacharya, Assistant Professor in Law, Haldia Law College, ICARE Complex

ABSTRACT

Children’s rights are the same no matter where in the world those children live. Every girl and boy is born with a full set of rights. People might ignore, overlook or trample those rights, but they can never take them away. Children’s rights are inherent. They exist, no matter what.

Children’s rights are enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the most widely ratified treaty in history. Every nation in the world but one has pledged to uphold the 54 articles in the Convention. Yet even wealthy countries – Canada among them – have yet to do their best to fulfil the rights of every child. Matters are much worse in the world’s toughest places. Globally, millions of children are forced into dangerous jobs, early marriage or service with the armed militia. Of the world’s 2.2 billion children, 1 billion live in poverty, deprived of essentials like education, clean water and healthcare. Children’s rights violated today will impact them for a lifetime. In this article, we’ll explore children’s rights, as outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. We’ll look at what happens when those rights are violated. And you’ll learn how to help the world’s girls and boys realize their full spectrum of children’s rights.

Keywords: Child rights, different countries, laws aspects, survival law.