Viewing Children’s Lives within Human Rights Framework

Rights are the essential element of all creatures including human beings. Human rights played a very significant role in the process of humanization. Recognizing the rights of others is integral to our spirituality. The sense of rights should be central to any person, whether man or woman, adult or child. Children’s rights are the human rights of children with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors. The right to be protected against neglect, cruelty, abuse, and exploitation; the right to safe housing, health care, and education that prepares them for the future; the right to be a unique person whose individuality is protected from violation; the right to prepare for the responsibilities of parenthood, family life, and citizenship; the right to maintain relationships with people who are important them; the right to a stable family; the right to safe, nurturing relationships intended to last a lifetime, these are some of the important rights of children. Any discrimination to children in the area of educational opportunities and participation, sex, food and freedom of expression are human right violations. The human rights concept gives each person the entitlement to human dignity. Unless children’s rights are fundamentally established as human rights, the role of them will always be secondary in overall social structure.