SOME MAIN OBLIGATIONS WHICH STATES ACCEPT WHEN RATIFYING THE CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS:


TO PROVIDE CHILDREN...
  • Health services;
  • Education;
  • Professional Learning;
  • Social Protection;
  • Possibilities for rest and entertainment;
  • Guarantee of proper protection of legitimacy;
TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY BY...
  • Respecting the obligations, rights and responsibilities of the family in the role of educating the child;
  • Maintaining respect in society of the role parents play in the development of a child;
  • Allowing for an adequate standard of living;
  • Providing the child the opportunity to have contact with both parents in the case of divorce;
  • Development of children's establishments and institutions.
TO PROTECT THE CHILD FROM...
  • Exploitation of labor;
  • Sexual exploitation;
  • Abductions, sale and trade;
  • Abuse and torture within the family and failure of the parents to fulfill their responsibilities;
  • Drug use;
  • Illegal confinement;
  • Physical violence and torture;
  • Severe measures of punishment;
  • Unreasonable harassment or teasing by parents;
  • Harm to the child’s health by reason of traditions;
TO ENSURE THE SPECIAL TREATMENT OF...
  • Invalid children;
  • Child refugees;
  • Children representing a national minority;
  • Children of aborigines;
  • Child victims of severe or rough handling, torture and violence caused by armed conflicts;
  • Orphans, as well as adoptees.
TO ALLOW A CHILD...
  • To express opinion for a better way and to ask questions about relations to the child;
  • To research and to be provided information;
  • To participate in cultural and artistic life;
  • To meet and associate with other children and make friends;
  • To profess religion according to the age and maturity of a child.


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