https://www.hrw.org/feature/2022/09/13/how-do-states-measure-up-child-rights
On a state-by-state basis, we assessed how state laws meet international standards regarding four core child rights issues: child marriage, corporal punishment, child labor, and juvenile justice

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/09/13/us-states-fail-protect-childrens-rights
New Scorecard Gives Only 4 a 'C' Grade; 46 Get 'D' or 'F'. (New York) - United States state laws overwhelmingly fail to meet international child rights standards, with the vast

https://www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention/children-human-rights-explained
The United Nations has since adopted many legally binding international human rights treaties and agreements, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child. These treaties are used as a framework for discussing and applying human rights. The principles and rights they outline become legal obligations on the States that choose to be bound

https://hls.harvard.edu/today/childrens-rights-are-human-rights/
Children's rights have taken some important steps forward in the last several decades — and a few big ones back, says Benyam Dawit Mezmur, an expert in children's rights and the Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow at Harvard Law School's Human Rights Program. A baby born today can expect to live longer than at any time in human history, says

https://childrensvoicetoday.org/media-centre/child-rights-lawspolicies/
The Convention says childhood is separate from adulthood, and lasts until 18; it is a special, protected time, in which children must be allowed to grow, learn, play, develop and flourish with dignity. The Convention went on to become the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history and has helped transform children's lives.

https://www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention/child-rights-why-they-matter
By recognizing children's rights in this way, the Convention firmly sets the focus on the whole child. The Convention recognizes the fundamental human dignity of all children and the urgency of ensuring their well-being and development. It makes clear the idea that a basic quality of life should be the right of all children, rather than a

https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/children-live-world-increasingly-hostile-their-rights
NEW YORK, 20 November 2023 - "Each year on November 20, we mark World Children's Day to commemorate the 1989 adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history.By ratifying this international legal framework, world leaders acknowledged that all children have inalienable rights.

https://www.humanium.org/en/childrens-rights-challenges-and-achievements-in-2021/
On March 1, 2021, the Human Rights Council's (HRC) annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child (ADRC) took place, focusing on the theme " The rights of the child and the Sustainable Development Goals". Humanium, together with other NGOs, delivered a joint statement emphasizing the need to protect, invest in and empower children, as

https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/child-rights/
Children are defined by law as people who are under the age of majority in their country, usually 18 years old. Whatever their age, all children have human rights, just as adults do. This includes the right to speak out and express opinions, as well as rights to equality, health, education, a clean environment, a safe place to live and

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0907568219854518
Three decades after the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child by the UN General Assembly in 1989 (hereinafter UNCRC), the human rights of children as articulated in the UNCRC have gained hegemonic status in policy-making and influenced a wide range of political and social practices as well as knowledge production on children and childhood.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13642987.2016.1248122
11 UN, International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, UN Doc.A/RES/45/158, 18 December 1990, entered into force 1 July 2003; Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, UN Doc.A/RES/39/46, 10 December 1984, entered into force 26 June 1987; Convention on the Rights of Persons with

https://www.unicef.ca/sites/default/files/2019-01/Childrens-Rights-in-Policies-and-Codes-of-Conduct.pdf
4 CHILDREN'S RIGHTS IN POLICIES AND CODES OF CONDUCT PART ONE Background and introduction 1.1. About this tool for companies This tool recommends ways for all businesses to incorporate children's rights into their policies and codes of conduct, based on the Children's Rights and Business Principles and reaching beyond the traditional

https://theconversation.com/us/topics/childrens-rights-8932
On World Children's Day, let's recognize that children's rights include mental health. André Plamondon, Université Laval; Nicole Racine, L'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa

https://medium.com/reframing-childhood-past-and-present/why-childrens-rights-approaches-in-policy-and-campaigns-are-under-utilised-and-how-we-can-address-8b1a362f5e7d
[1] This project was funded by the Baring Foundation. [2] The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is an international treaty (agreement) which nearly every country in the world has

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13642987.2016.1262520
Defining children and young people's participation. The CRC Footnote 12 enshrines participation as one of its guiding principles and a key element to the exercise of other rights. Article 12 of the CRC states: States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the views of the

https://www.eiir.eu/international-law/international-law-childhood/childrens-rights-violation-through-traditional-and-cultural-practices/
Short-sighted policy makers that ignore children's needs are responsible for a negative impact on the future of all members in the society (UNICEF, n.d.) This position of children within the society, which leads to a more vulnerable, disadvantageous, and fragile status, can be considered as one of the possible reasons why children's rights

https://humanrightsforkids.org/resources/article-32/
Article 32. States Parties recognize the right of the child to be protected from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child's education, or to be harmful to the child's health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development. States Parties shall take

https://www.findlaw.com/family/emancipation-of-minors/what-are-the-legal-rights-of-children.html
Children are entitled to a safe place to live and come of age. Children, or minors, don't have the full legal capacity of adults. Typically, minors aren't granted the rights of adults until they reach 18 (also known as the "age of majority"), although this varies from state to state. Children take time to develop physically and mentally.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/Children's_Rights
The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment is said to apply to children, but excludes those not yet born. There are both state and federal sources of children's-rights law. In other words, a child has many of the same constitutional rights as an adult has; however, if a child is under 18 years old, they do not have the right to vote.

https://www.teachearlyyears.com/a-unique-child/view/childrens-rights-adults-responsibilities
Professor Cathy Nutbrown discusses the implications of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child for early childhood settings… More and more people are talking about what is referred to as 'children's rights' these days, but the term dates back more than 50 years, to 1959 and the Declaration of Rights of the Child by the general assembly of the United Nations.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-the-us-lifted-children-out-of-poverty-and-then-threw-them-back-into-it
Yeah, the child poverty rate was 5.2 per cent in 2021, and that increased to 12.4 per cent in 2022, so it more than doubled. We put out a piece last week where we showed that if an expanded child

https://allianceforchildrensrights.org/policy/
Whole Families / Whole Communities. During the summer of 2020, amidst the nationwide uprising against police brutality and systemic racism, the Alliance for Children's Rights launched an initiative focused on addressing the racial inequities in child welfare. In the time since, the Alliance has collaborated with advocates, court officers

https://www.gov.scot/publications/guidance-part-1-section-2-duties-public-authorities-relation-uncrc/pages/7/
With reference to policy and service delivery, we take our commitment to children's rights into account in decisions on resource allocation (Article 4). 90. Article 42 (knowledge of children's rights: making the principles and the provision of the UNCRC widely known) and Article 44(6) (implementation measures: making reports on implementation

https://www.unicef.org/documents/childrens-rights-and-business-principles
Developed by UNICEF, the UN Global Compact and Save the Children - the Children's Rights and Business Principles (the Principles) are the first comprehensive set of principles to guide companies on the full range of actions they can take in the workplace, marketplace and community to respect and support children's rights. Based on existing standards, initiatives and best practices

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-24/social-media-ban-children-under-16-government/103885784
In Minns's electorate of Kogarah, in Sydney's south, there's been intense activity on the issue. A group of parents with children at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School and St Ursula's

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/immigration-minister-bill-fix-lost-canadians-1.7212194
1:29. Immigration Minister Marc Miller has tabled a new bill extending citizenship to children born abroad to a Canadian parent who was also born outside of the country. The children will be

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/young-alaskans-lawsuit-lng-gas-pipeline-our-childrens-trust/
Eight young people are suing the government of Alaska —the nation's fastest-warming state—claiming a major new fossil fuel project violates their state constitutional rights. The state-owned

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/29/the-art-project-aiming-to-keep-australias-indigenous-people-out-of-jail
Experts say recent government decisions at the federal and state levels - such as the Queensland Labor government suspending human rights protections to lock up Indigenous children in adult

https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/5/30/dominique-cojuangco-and-husband-michael-hearn-welcome-first-child-1628
Dominique Cojuangco and Michael Hearn celebrate the arrival of their baby girl Penelope Eloise.

https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/5/28/content-creator-vern-enciso-announces-pregnancy-1927
Content creator Vern Enciso is pregnant with her and husband Ben Lim's first child. Content creator Vern Enciso and her husband, Ben Lim, are expecting their first child after almost three years of being married. In their joint Instagram post, the couple announced their excitement now that their wish has finally come true.