November
20 is an important day as we celebrate “International Children's Day” and
commemorate the anniversary of the adoption of the “Universal Declaration of
the Rights of the Child” (1959) and the approval of the “Convention on the
Rights of the Child” (1989)
The
implementation of the “Convention on the Rights of the Child” adopted on
November 20, 1989, is mandatory for all countries that have signed it.
Countries
created laws on protection, to comply with children's rights and the signed
commitment. These laws that were drafted by non-specialist lawyers unfamiliar
with special matters in the protection of children, leaving many legal gaps,
which instead of protecting children, allows abuse and protects the aggressor;
this is confirmed by:
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Global increase in abuse
and neglect in Latin America
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Child abuse and cruel
treatment
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Forced labor
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Child exploitation
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Child sexual abuse
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Child slavery
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Child slavery in India
Thousands
of children in Iraq eat garbage
In Yemen and Syria there are thousands of children victims of genocide
Hence it was determined that failures in the child protection
system are due to:
1- The current legislation and laws on the protection of
children, are based only on the regimen of coexistence, permits, travel for minors, and
the claim of child support by parents, but at no time are sanctions
imposed for those who violently, abuse
and mistreat children
2. The laws on the protection of
children established in
different countries does
not comply with international recommendations to ensure the protection
of children
3. Early childhood
protection institutions work with
laws that are unfamiliar with the axes of protection, and lack the 5 actions that
the law
must take to protect children
4. Terms of protection,
terminologies are not recognized and prohibited in the law
that must
care for and protect
early childhood,
recognized in international human rights,
and prohibited. Such as child labor,
forced labor, slavery, and
different types of
abuse, which are
not prohibited
and less sanctioned in child protection
laws
5. The absence of
a police force specializing in the protection of children and investigating the strange
disappearances of children in
all Latin
American countries, allowing
for the sale, and trafficking
of children for prostitution
6. The non-existence of prosecutors specializing in human rights
and child protection allows
for the most horrendous violations
of childhood
protection
Urgent action is required,
not speeches
for the
validity and progressiveness
of children's
rights, as the
current laws are regressive
and non-progressive,
becoming the world's
greatest violation in human rights
To urge Member States
to ensure
in the
framework of the
Universal Periodic Review
(UPR) compliance
with each
State's obligations Member here and to systematically study existing protection policies to
combat all forms of violence against children and adolescents including
trafficking
For the NGO ”FUNDAPDEN”, the experience
gained in the nearly 20 years in defense of children's rights, international
pioneers in education, training of human rights defenders of child protection,
our HUMAN Rights Ambassadors “FUNDAPDEN”, contribute in different countries
with their knowledge the revision of laws in protection for the validity and
progressiveness of children's rights, in the different countries of the world
to enforce Articles #4 and #19 of the “Convention on the Rights of Children”.
Member States must comply with
Article
#4:
“Member States shall take all
administrative, legislative, and other
measures to give
effect to the
rights recognized in
this Convention.
With regard
to economic,
social, and cultural rights,
States parties shall
take such measures to the fullest of the
resources available to them, if necessary,
within the framework
of international
cooperation.”
Article
#19:
1- “Member States shall take
all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and
educational measures to
protect the child
against any form of physical or mental harm or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment,
ill-treatment or exploitation, including
sexual abuse, while the child
is under the custody of the parents,
a legal
representative, or any other
person in his care”
2- “Such protective measures
should include, as appropriate,
effective procedures for the
establishment of social programs in
order to provide the necessary
assistance to the child and those
who care for him or
her, as
well as for other forms of prevention and for me
to receive
notification, referral to an
institution, investigation, treatment and further observation of the cases described above of ill-treatment of the child
and coma
as appropriate,
judicial intervention”
An important global children's human rights initiative will be supported
by several world leaders from other continents who urgently support the
revision of protocols and laws on child protection; there will be presentations
on these topics.
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