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    The document discusses the definition and rights of children. It defines a child as a human being below 18 years old, who due to their youth and vulnerability requires special protection. The rights of children have evolved over time, from the 1924 Declaration of Geneva to the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which legally recognizes all fundamental rights of children. Children's rights are considered human rights adapted specifically for children, taking into account their need for development, essential needs, and vulnerable status requiring protection adapted to their age and maturity level.

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    Rights of the Child

    The meaning of the child and the rights of


    the children
    “Humanity has to do its best for the child.” Declaration of Geneva.

    Definition of the child


    Etymologically, the term “child” comes from the Latin infans which means ” the one who
    does not speak “. For the Roman, this term designates the child from its birth, up to the
    age of 7 years.
    This notion evolved a lot through centuries and cultures to finally designate human
    being from birth until adulthood. But this conception of the child was wide and the age of
    the majority varied from a culture to an another.
    The Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989 defines more precisely the term
    “child”:

    “[…] a child is any human being below the age of eighteen years, unless under the law
    applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier”
    The idea, through this definition and all the texts concerning child welfare, is that the
    child is a human being with rights and dignity.
    What characterizes the child, it is his youth and vulnerability. Indeed, the child is
    growing, a future adult, who has no means to protect himself.
    So, the child has to be the object of a particular interest and a specific protection. In this
    perspective, texts proclaiming the protection of the child and his rights were adopted.

    Definition of the rights of the child


    The recognition of the rights of the children
    Children’s rights were recognised after the 1st World war, with the adoption of
    the Declaration of Geneva, in 1924. The process of recognition of children’s rights
    continued thanks to the UN, with the adoption of the Declaration of children’s rights in
    1959.
    The recognition of the child’s interest and his rights become real on 20 November 1989
    with the adoption of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child which is the
    first international legally binding text recognizing all the fundamental rights of the child.

    Children’s rights: human rights


    Children’s rights are human rights. They protect the child as a human being. As human
    rights, children’s rights are constituted by fundamental guarantees and essential human
    rights:

     Children’s rights recognize fundamental guarantees to all human beings: the right
    to life, the non-discrimination principle, the right to dignity through the protection
    of physical and mental integrity (protection against slavery, torture and bad
    treatments, etc.)

     Children’s rights are civil and political rights, such as the right to identity, the right
    to a nationality, etc.

     Children’s rights are economic, social and cultural rights, such as the right to
    education, the right to a decent standard of living, the right to health, etc.

     Children’s rights include individual rights: the right to live with his parents, the
    right to education, the right to benefit from a protection, etc.

     Children’s rights include collective rights: rights of refugee and disabled children,
    of minority children or from autochtonous groups.

    Children’s rights: rights adapted to children


    Children’s rights are human rights specifically adapted to the child because they take
    into account his fragility, specificities and age-appropriate needs.
    Children’s rights take into account the necessity of development of the child. The
    children thus have the right to live and to develop suitably physically and intellectually.
    Children’s rights plan to satisfy the essential needs for a good development of the child,
    such as the access to an appropriate alimentation, to necessary care, to education, etc.
    Children’s rights consider the vulnerable character of the child. They imply the necessity
    to protect them. It means to grant a particular assistance to them and to give a
    protection adapted to their age and to their degree of maturity.
    So, the children have to be helped and supported and must be protected against labour
    exploitation, kidnapping, and ill-treatment, etc.

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