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Philippine Child Rights Framework Overview

The Philippine Senate signed and ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1990, becoming the 31st country to do so and the 5th in Asia. The CRC emphasizes the protection of children's rights, ensuring their survival, development, protection, and participation. Key principles include non-discrimination, the best interest of the child, and respect for children's rights as universal and obligatory.

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Philippine Child Rights Framework Overview

The Philippine Senate signed and ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1990, becoming the 31st country to do so and the 5th in Asia. The CRC emphasizes the protection of children's rights, ensuring their survival, development, protection, and participation. Key principles include non-discrimination, the best interest of the child, and respect for children's rights as universal and obligatory.

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The Philippine Senate

signed the CRC on 26


January 1990 and
ratified on 21 August
1990

31st country to
sign and ratify

5th in the ASIA


CRC is concerned with 2
The Philippine Senate
things: signed the CRC on 26
1. Protect every individual child
January 1990 and
2. Createratified on 21
a condition thatAugust
every
child enjoy life and
1990reach
his/her full potential
31st country to
CRC introduced
sign andthe Child
ratify
Rights Approach

5th in the ASIA


Child Rights
Approach
• Shift from needs to rights
• Needs are not necessarily universal;
Rights are always universal
• Needs do not imply obligations;
Rights always imply obligations
• Human rights are inherent,
indivisible, interdependent
Who is the child?
A child is every
human being below
the age of 18 years
unless, national
laws recognize the
age of majority
earlier
- Article 1
Legal Definition of a Child (R.A. 7610)

Refers to Those over but


are unable to
persons fully take care
below of
themselves or
eighteen protect
(18) years themselves
of from abuse,
neglect,
age cruelty,
exploitation or
discrimination
because of a
physical or
mental
disability or
condition;
Guiding

4
Principles
• Non-
discrimination
• Best Interest of
the Child
• Survival and
Development
• Respect for the
Broad Categories

4 • Survival
• Developme
nt
• Protection
• Participati
on
BROAD

4
CATEGORIES
concerned with:
Ensuring
Nurturing
Protecting
Preventing and
Responding to the threats to
every
child’s life.
Engaging and Helping every
child to achieve the fullness of
life.
vi
u r
S l
va

What MUST children


have to live?
Survival
Rights
• Right to life
• Right to health
• Right to social security
• Right to adequate
standard of living
• Right to parental care
and support
Develop
ment
What MUST children have to
grow whole?
Developmental
Rights
• Right to education
• Right to information
• Right to rest and
leisure
• Right to enjoy one’s
culture and religion
• Right of the child
with disability to
special care
t e c
o
Pr n
t i o
What MUST children be
protected from and when ?
Protection
Rights
• Right to a name, nationality and
identity
• Right to privacy
• Right to be protected from abuse
and neglect
• Right to be protected from
commercial & sexual exploitation
• Right to be safe in emergency or
especially difficult circumstances
• Right to legal assistance &
appropriate judicial processes
Participatio
n where MUST
When and
children take a part?
Participation
Right
• Right to opinion
• Right to freedom of
expression
• Right to freedom in
association
• Right to freedom of thought,
conscience and religion

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