Child Rights in India - Right To Education And Health
Right to Survival:
• Right to be born
• Right to minimum standards of food, shelter and clothing
• Right to live with dignity
• Right to health care, to safe drinking water, nutritious
food, a clean and safe environment, and information to help them stay healthy
Right to Protection:
• Right to be protected from all sorts of violence
• Right to be protected from neglect
• Right to be protected from physical and sexual abuse
• Right to be protected from dangerous drugs
Right to Participation:
• Right to freedom of opinion
• Right to freedom of expression
• Right to freedom of association
• Right to information
• Right to participate in any decision making that involves
him/her directly or indirectly
Right to Development:
• Right to education
• Right to learn
• Right to relax and play
• Right to all forms of development – emotional, mental and
physical
Summary of UNCRC
Article 1
Everyone under 18 years of age has all the rights in this
Convention.
Article 2
The Convention applies to everyone whatever their race,
religion, abilities, whatever they think or say, whatever type of family they
come from.
Article 3
All organisations concerned with children should work
towards what is best for each child.
Article 4
Governments should make these rights available to children.
Article 5
Governments should respect the rights and responsibilities
of families to direct and guide their children so that, as they grow, they
learn to use their rights properly.
Article 6
All children have the right to life. Governments should
ensure that children survive and develop healthily.
Article 7
All children have the right to a legally registered name,
and nationality. They have the right to know and, as far as possible, to be
cared for, by their parents.
Article 8
Governments should respect children's right to a name, a
nationality and family ties.
Article 9
Children should not be separated from their parents unless
it is for their own good (for example if a parent is mistreating or neglecting
a child.) Children whose parents have separated have the right to stay in
contact with both parents, unless this might harm the child.
Article 10
Families who live in different countries should be allowed
to move between those countries so that parents and children can stay in
contact, or get back together as a family.
Article 11
Governments should take steps to stop children being taken
out of their own country illegally.
Article 12
Children have the right to say what they think should
happen, when adults are making decisions that affect them, and to have their
opinions taken into account.
Article 13
Children have the right to get and to share information, as
long as the information is not damaging to them or to others.
Article 14
Children have the right to think and believe what they want,
and to practise their religion, as long as they are not stopping other people
from enjoying their rights. Parents should guide their children on these
matters.
Article 15
Children have the right to meet together and to join groups
and organisations, as long as this does not stop other people from enjoying
their rights.
Article 16
Children have a right to privacy. The law should protect
them from attacks against their way of life, their good name, their families
and their homes.
Article 17
Children have the right to reliable information from the
mass media. Television, radio, and newspapers should provide information that
children can understand, and should not promote materials that could harm
children.
Article 18
Both parents share responsibility for bringing up their
children, and should always consider what is best for each child. Governments
should help parents by providing services to support them, especially if both
parents work outside the home.
Article 19
Governments should ensure that children are properly cared
for, and protect them from violence, abuse and neglect by their parents, or
anyone else who looks after them.
Article 20
Children who cannot be looked after by their own family must
be looked after properly, by people who respect their religion, culture and
language.
Article 21
When children are adopted the first concern must be what is
best for them. The same rules should apply whether the children are adopted in
the country where they were born, or if they are taken to live in another
country.
Article 22
Children who come into a country as refugees should have the
same rights as children born in that country.
Article 23
Children who have any kind of disability should have special
care and support, so that they can lead full and independent lives.
Article 24
Children have the right to good quality health care, to
clean water, nutritious food, and a clean environment, so that they will stay
healthy. Rich countries should help poorer countries achieve this.
Article 25
Children who are looked after by their local authority,
rather than by their parents, should have someone review the situation
regularly.
Article 26
The Government should provide extra money for the children
of families in need.
Article 27
Children have a right to a standard of living that is good
enough to meet their physical and mental needs. The Government should help
families who cannot afford to provide this.
Article 28
Children have a right to an education. Discipline in schools
should respect children’s human dignity. Primary education should be free.
Wealthy countries should help poorer countries achieve this.
Article 29
Education should develop each child's personality and
talents to the full. It should encourage children to respect their parents, and
their own and other cultures.
Article 30
Children have a right to learn and use the language and
customs of their families, whether these are shared by the majority of people
in the country or not.
Article 31
All children have a right to relax and play, and to join in
a wide range of activities.
Article 32
The Government should protect children from work that is
dangerous, or that might harm their health or their education.
Article 33
The Government should provide ways of protecting children
from dangerous drugs.
Article 34
The Government should protect children from sexual abuse.
Article 35
The Government should make sure that children are not
abducted or sold.
Article 36
Children should be protected from any activities that could
harm their development.
Article 37
Children who break the law should not be treated cruelly.
They should not be put in prison with adults and should be able to keep in
contact with their families.
Article 38
Governments should not allow children under 15 to join the
army. Children in war zones should receive special protection.
Article 39
Children who have been neglected or abused should receive
special help to restore their self-respect.
Article 40
Children who are accused of breaking the law should receive
legal help. Prison sentences for children should only be used for the most
serious offences.
Article 41
If the laws of a particular country protect children better
than the articles of the Convention, then those laws should stay.
Article 42
The Government should make the Convention known to all
parents and children