Convention on the Rights of the Child

of everything they do and that the children’s rights are respected and upheld in all childcare environments. This act also has measures that highlight any problems at the early stages rather than waiting until it’s too late when the child has reached breaking point. The act promotes children’s rights as it provides free school meals for children in Primary 1-3. It gives extra help to children in care so they receive the same treatment as any other child giving them an equal chance to succeed.…

Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, typically a child, and or animal from that person's biological or legal parent or parents, and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, from the biological parent or parents (CTI Reviews). Whether it’s domestic or intercountry, finding safe, loving homes, for children has always been an intrinsic concern of humanity. In previous cultures the primary purpose of adoption was…

recognize the rights of children and extend special protection to children. They require state parties to adopt measure to protect children from abuse and solicitation as well as provide cooperation in the investigations, prosecutions and [prevention of these crimes. Ratification and incorporation of these international instruments by state parties varies from one instrument to another and from one state to another. According to Article 1 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a child is…

Human Rights constitute the greatest blessing on the people of tender age as they have enormous potentiality of influencing the legal and social system to build a regime of protecting children and initiating social transformation. The Supreme Court in Bandhua Mukti Morcha , “A child of today cannot develop to be a responsible and productive member of tomorrow’s society unless an environment which is conducive to his social and physical health is assured to him. Every nation,…

Trade and Child Labor Introduction When it comes to the difficulties of children being exploited internationally, the most common stories we hear commonly or publicized commonly are about children being trafficked into commercial sex work. This is clearly an issue that deserves attention. But, less well known and more widespread concern facing children is child labor. According to reports of United Nations, over two hundred million children of age between 7 to 17 years of age are working as…

children with their birth families, if at all possible. However, if a child experiences “aggravated circumstances,” such as abandonment, torture, or abuse, or if their parent or parents have committed violent crimes, a child may be forcibly removed from parental custody (“Adoption and Safe Families Act”). Consequently, if a child must be removed from their home, the act also mandates that “reasonable efforts shall be made to place the child in a timely manner,” to avoid children being lost in a…

1. Introduction: At an early stage of development in life, when children ought to get engage in education and other essential youthful activities, they are being recruited as child soldiers. This put the children in a very devastating situation, where they may become either victims or perpetrators. My case – law in this essay is that of Dominic Ongwen, who at 10- years –old was abducted in northern Uganda on his way to school by the Lord’s Resistance Army rebel movement (LRA) and later on…

adoption such as a child’s rights being violated, loss of cultural identity, criminal activities surrounding it, and negative impacts on the sending country. However despite these concerns, international adoption should still be utilized but be considered temporary until a better alternative can be found. International adoption agencies should have to provide aid to birth parents and the sending countries…

The main topic of the article is child brides – that is, young girls who are forcibly wed to older men when they are under the legal age of 18 and most often by their own family members – and discusses the legislation implemented in 2013 in order to prosecute those exploiting these children. The Convention on the Rights of the Child maintains that children must be protected from all forms of exploitation, however this article emphasises how little was done to protect the young girls being taken…

International Labour Organization (ILO) and Save the Children. Both organizations have social and economic agendas that include human and labour rights (IKEA, 2008). Rangan Exports, an IKEA supplier is another example of an external stakeholder. Rangan Exports was one of IKEA’s major suppliers and had willfully violated IKEA’s contractual commitment to not use child labor (Bartlett, Dessain & Sjoman, 2006, p. 8). This was also in direct opposition of what partner organizations Save the Children…