Children’s Rights Still Violated 20 Years After Convention
November 20, 2009 at 5:08 pm | In AERO, Education News | Leave a CommentTags: AERO, Children's Rights, Convention on the Rights of the Child
Nations are staging special events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which came into force on November 20, 1989.
Nations are staging special events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which came into force on November 20, 1989. It is the most widely ratified international human rights treaty. Every country in the world, with the exception of the United States and Somalia, has ratified it. In pre-Convention days, most of the world thought children should be seen and not heard. Now, 20 years later, some children are making their voices heard. But most remain silent and their human rights continue to be violated.
“I want to have my rights and I want to defend those who don’t have a voice to say no,” says 12 year old Tracy from Lebanon. She is one of 23 children chosen from 16 countries to come to Geneva to participate in workshops, debates and other events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention. Tracy is an active member of the Children’s Council of World Vision in Lebanon and understands the problems children face in her country.
“One of these problems is children’s physical abuse. In schools,” she says, “they hit children, in their houses. And, the other is the sexual abuse.”
Read more at http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/human-rights/Childrens-Rights-Convention-70613757.html
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