RIGHTS OF THE
CHILDRENS
General Objectives:-
At the end of the class student will able to gain the knowledge of
rights of children & able to apply the knowledge in clinical area
Specific Objectives :-
1) To introduce the important of child rights.
2) List out the ten rights of the child
3) Discuss the right to survival
4) Describe the right of development
5) Explain the right to protection
6) Discuss the right to participation
Importance Of Child Rights
• Children are innocent, trusting, & full of hope . Their childhood
should be happy & loving. But for many children, the reality of
childhood is different
• 2 million Indian babies will die before the celebrates their first
birthday .
• More girl children will be killed at birth than in any previous year.
• At least 35 million children aged 6-14 years will not be in school.
• 17 million children in India worked.
-Right through history , children have been abused & exploited.
-They suffer from hunger & homelessness, work in harmful
conditions, high infant mortality, deficient health care &
limited opportunities for basic education.
Rights of the child
20th Nov 1959 United Nations adopted
the following rights of children
1) Right to develop in an
atmosphere of affection ,
security and the protection
against all forms of neglect,
cruelty, exploitations and
traffic.
2) Right to enjoy the benefits of social security,
including nutrition, housing
&
medical care
3) Right to free
educations
4) Right to full opportunity
for play
&
recreations .
5) Right to name & nationality
6) Right to specific treatment,
nutrition & appropriate care
if the child is
handicapped
7) Right to be among the first to receive protection
& relief at the
time of disaster
save child
8)Right to learn to be useful member of society &
to develop in a healthy & normal manner &
conditions of freedom and dignity.
9) Right to be brought up in spirit of
understanding, tolerance, friendship among the
people , peace and universal brotherhood.
10) Right to enjoy these right , regardless of face,
color, sex , religion , national or social origin.
FOUR BASIC RIGHTS OF CHILDRENS BY
INDIAN GOVERNMENT
1)The right to survival (to life , health, nutrition, name and
nationality ) :-
The right to survival entails the right to a
means that children should be rightfully
assured of adequate nutrition & quality health
care. Their names be registered as citizens to
access state nutritional schemes.
2) The right to development ( to education,
care, leisure, recreation ):-
Every child has the right to development that
lets the child explore her/ him full potentials.
To an education that not only lead the child to
a path of learning but promotes
understanding , tolerance & friendship among
all nations , racial or religious groups ,&
should contribute to maintenance of peace.
3) The right to protection (from exploitation ,
abuse, neglect ) :-
Right to protection entails that all children be
nurtured & protected from harmful influences ,
abuse & exploitation in any form. It rages
from a child’s right to be protected from ,
having to work , to face any kind of physical
or mental abuse & to have a caring , secure
family.
4) The right to participation (to expression ,
information , thought & religion ) :-
This is a right where the child is involved in
the decisions take about her / his life & has
the space to develop & express independent
thought.
Thank You...