Saturday, October 3, 2015

Child Rights


Child Rights

Child right in India is a developing concept. Children’s which belong to a poor class in India are struggling for their basic rights in India. Rights such as right to education, right for food, right for clothing, right for shelter, right for medical assistance, right to acquire social status and equality in this modern world. In this busy world people are forgetting to respect and deliver the rights of the under privilege children’s in our society. These children’s are away from their primary right of getting proper healthcare assistance, in a county where healthcare and medical expenses are cheapest all around the globe. If we talk about human rights, child right are the most ratified. There was a formation of an organization by United Nations Organizations (UNO); the name of that organization is United Nation Convention on the right of the children (UNCRC). This formation was signed in November 1989, by all permanent and temporary members of United Nations Organizations. This convention was formed to serve to the best interest of the children’s. To implement this conviction all country must understand the conviction and check with their ability to enforce and implement it in the respective countries. Some of the featuring rights of this convention are, not to give capital punishment. Trials of the convicted children’s should be done in the juvenile courts different Jurisdiction should be given to the children’s who are below 18 years of age. Two protocols were adopted on 25th May 2000 which is optional. The First Protocol restricts the involvement of children in military activity and conflicts, and the Second Protocol prohibits the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. Both protocols have been ratified and accepted by more than 150 countries. The Third and latest protocol which was adopted by UNCRC was for communication of complaints which came into effect on 14th April 2014.

            Apart from these rights there are several other rights which are reserved by the UNCRC such as Right to survival, Right to protection, Right to participation, right to development. There are 42 major articles which provide the guidelines for the protection of child rights and deliverance of their right by all sections of the society. Talking about the Indian participation in UNCRC, India ratified UNCRC in 11th December 1992. As India is suffering with the problem of “Child Labor”. So due to this problem India made some reservation for the issue of Child Labor. Though India has adopted the conviction and has come up with many laws in constitution preserving and protecting the child rights but, looking at the current condition it has failed to implement it on ground zero level. Many private and international organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations are formed to help in enforcement of the child rights made by UNCRC.

Jay Rawal
(MACJ)

No comments:

Post a Comment