Say NO to Child Marriage
Hello ladies and gentlemen
This morning, I would like to take my time explaining to you who a child is and some of its rights.
Etymologically, the term child was derived from Latin" infans" which means one who does not speak.This notion has evolved with the passage of time to finally mean a human being from birth to adulthood. Since age of majority differs from culture to culture, The convention on the rights of a child of 1989 defined a child precisely as " any human being below the age of 18, unless under the law applied to the child the majority is attained earlier.
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 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 .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 includecollective rights: rights of refugee and disabled children, of minority children or from autochtonous groups.
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 consider the vulnerable character of the child. They imply the necessity to protect them.
