Crimes against children and adolescents are pervasive. The first official process to regulate the rights of the child took place in Australia at the end of the 19th century. Then, similar courts began to operate in Kannada and the United States. However, a document was required, a legal basis on which appropriate decisions and decisions can be made.
Child protection
So in Geneva in 1924 the first declaration of the rights of the child appeared. Its summary is summarized in the description of the five main principles that protected children from slavery, prostitution and trafficking. This was a significant breakthrough in world law, but other protection for minors was also required. The UN General Assembly finalized the existing Geneva document and adopted its new version.
In the new 1959 Declaration, the rights of the child were recorded in a more complete version. Its developers have identified the responsibility of persons who must provide, educate, educate minors, but do not.
10 principles of the declaration of the rights of the child highlight the responsibilities of adults to children. In short, all the best that is on Earth belongs to kids and adolescents and cannot be taken away from them at someone’s whim.
1st principle
All children, regardless of the country in which they were born, their age, skin color, social status, have equal rights with their peers. They cannot be infringed, understated or canceled at all.
2nd principle
Each child has the right to his own dignity and the opportunity to develop morally, physically, spiritually.
3rd principle
All children are subjects of the countries in which they live, therefore the state is obliged to provide them with citizenship, and parents with a name.
4th principle
In order to grow and develop properly, the child has the right to social care and medical support, which must be provided to his mother during pregnancy before the baby is born. The postpartum period should also be provided with decent care by the state. Children have the right to housing and food.
School age, according to statistics, is the most unprotected for blows from the nervous system, it is particularly detailed in the declaration of the rights of the child. The summary of the 4th principle explains the need for constant monitoring of the condition of children, especially from disadvantaged families. The purpose of observation is to prevent mental breakdowns with the formation of sadistic and other pathological inclinations.
5th principle
Defective (physically or mentally) children should be provided with special care and attention.
6th principle
Every child has the right to love on the part of the parents and the state whose citizen he is.
7th principle
All children must study for free. They have the right to play and develop. Parents must give them this opportunity. They must teach children the responsibility and usefulness of their society.
One of the 10 principles of the declaration of the rights of the child characterizes the game as a way to know the world around it. Parents are required to educate their children in a playful way. Good help can be provided by good cartoons and books. A child from an early age should understand that it is impossible to offend children, torture animals. The information that enters the brain during the first years of life creates a platform for the stability of mental consciousness in the future.
8th principle
The rights of the child are defined as paramount in the opportunity to receive help.
9th principle
The declaration protects children from abuse and exploitation. A child should not be involved in work that is harmful to his development and emotional stability. You cannot use force on children. Education should take place in an explanatory and convincing manner. Cruel treatment means any kind of violence: physical, sexual, mental.
Russia regulates additional liability in cases where the rights of the child are violated. However, annual event statistics are horrific! This is due to the low social level of the population. Based on the 10 principles of the declaration of the rights of the child and the Convention, the Russian legislation adopted the articles of the Civil Code, Criminal Code and the UK.
Violence is considered to be actions related to restriction of movement, corporal punishment, rudeness, degrading the dignity of the child, threats, and any trauma to the body and psyche.
10th principle
Every child has the right to a peaceful life in which adults, primarily parents, teach him care and understanding. It is forbidden to instill in children a sense of racial and social hatred. All people are equal.
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Later, on the basis of principle 10 of the declarations of the rights of the child, the Convention was established and updated with new provisions, which regulates the relations of adults and children, and the rights of minors. It is valid today. It consists of 54 articles.
The Convention was adopted and supported by 193 countries, including Russia. She became the heiress of the USSR during its collapse. All parties to the contract with the participation of the Convention are required to completely review their legislation in order to ensure that all points are fulfilled: the rights of the child must be protected. Children are considered by the document as individuals, "little adults" whose life and health are in the hands of their parents and the state.
The Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Child, for all its usefulness, has a significant drawback. Children often simply do not know about its existence and therefore cannot declare that their interests are violated. Neither the declaration nor the convention is thoroughly understood in schools, it is only affected in high school, when adolescents become adults.
Summing up, we can say that the 10 principles of the declaration of the rights of the child provided a reliable basis for more detailed documents, such as the Convention, the Civil and Family Code. Violators of children's rights are prosecuted by the laws of the country in which the crime against the person is committed . In Russia, this is often a criminal liability. It is important to teach children not to be afraid to seek help when their rights are violated.