11 Facts About Children's rights

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Children's rights are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors.

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Interpretations of children's rights range from allowing children the capacity for autonomous action to the enforcement of children being physically, mentally and emotionally free from abuse, though what constitutes "abuse" is a matter of debate.

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Children's rights law is defined as the point where the law intersects with a child's life.

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4.

Children's rights are defined in numerous ways, including a wide spectrum of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights.

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5.

The Lords of Appeal in Ordinary ruled, in the case of Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority and another, that parental Children's rights diminish with the increasing age and competency of the child, but do not vanish completely until the child reaches majority.

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Opposition to children's rights long predates any current trend in society, with recorded statements against the rights of children dating to the 13th century and earlier.

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Opponents to children's rights believe that young people need to be protected from the adultcentric world, including the decisions and responsibilities of that world.

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The concept of children's rights has received little attention in the United States.

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9.

The Children's rights codified by the ICCPR are universal, so they apply to everyone without exception and this includes children.

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10.

Children are generally afforded the basic Children's rights embodied by the Constitution, as enshrined by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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11.

Children's rights was detained and committed to the Arizona State Industrial School until he reached the age of 21 for making an obscene phone call to an adult neighbor.

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