CT260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Indentured Servant, Moral Agency, Contemporary Slavery
Document Summary
The un convention on the rights of the child (crc) 1990. Supersedes 1924 "rights of child" +1959 "rights of child" declarations. Crc is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights as well as apply to children, political, social, economic. Crc is touchstone of modern child rights movement. Rights include - survival, protection from harmful influences, free from abuse and exploitation, to participate fully in family, cultural, and social life. 54 articles and two optional protocols o. Spelled out in details what every child is thought to need to have a safe, happy, fulfilled childhood regardless of their race, sex, and etc. o. Provide for the establishment the framework the responsibilities of states, To ensure the states is up to responsibilities. 2, devotion to the best interests of the child. 3, the right to life, survival and development. 4, respect for the views of the child. The crc attempts to protect these 4 principles.
