children's rights
Minors' legal entitlements
Children's rights are the legal protections and moral entitlements owed to minors by virtue of their age and vulnerability.
These include rights to education, healthcare, protection from abuse and exploitation, and freedom from child labor.
The concept gained international recognition with the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The organization advocates for children's rights in conflict zones.
Freedom from harm
- safeguardingPreventing harm or loss
- shelterProtected place or structure
- careAttentive regard for others
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
well-being · security · refuge · asylum · sanctuary · foster care · abuse prevention · exploitation
Agreed standard of behavior
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- guardianshipLegal care of another
custody · due process · litigation · statutes · regulations · tribunal · enforcement · ratification
Formal education received
- literacyAbility to read, write
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- accessRight to enter
curriculum · teachers · classrooms · free education · compulsory education · inclusive education · school enrollment · dropout prevention
Organized provision of treatment
- nutritionBodily use of food
- immunizationProtective medical injection
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- pediatricsMedicine for minors
hygiene · sanitation · clean water · mental health · development · well-being · breastfeeding · malnutrition
Sound from throat
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- opinionSubjective personal belief
- agencyPower to act
- self-advocacyPromoting one's own interests
inclusion · dialogue · consultation · representation · forum · platform · youth council · student government
safety
Freedom from harm
- safeguardingPreventing harm or loss
- shelterProtected place or structure
- careAttentive regard for others
supervision · well-being · security · refuge · asylum · sanctuary · foster care · abuse prevention · exploitation · trafficking
convention
Agreed standard of behavior
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
guardianship · custody · due process · litigation · statutes · regulations · tribunal · enforcement · ratification · ombudsman
schooling
Formal education received
- literacyAbility to read, write
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- teachingProfession of instructing others
access · curriculum · teachers · classrooms · free education · compulsory education · inclusive education · school enrollment · dropout prevention · quality education
healthcare
Organized provision of treatment
- nutritionBodily use of food
- immunizationProtective medical injection
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
pediatrics · hygiene · sanitation · clean water · mental health · development · well-being · breastfeeding · malnutrition · infant mortality
voice
Sound from throat
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- opinionSubjective personal belief
- agencyPower to act
self-advocacy · inclusion · dialogue · consultation · representation · forum · platform · youth council · student government · listening
- rightscivil liberties, immunity, liberty, constitutional guarantees, fundamental freedoms
- human rightshuman dignity, civil liberties, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, fair trial
- children's rightsparental care, best interests, abuse prevention, orphan care, foster care
- inheritanceinheritance, inheritances, heir, heirs, heiress
- youth civicsyouth activism, youth vote, student activism, student voting, youth empowerment
- Astrid LindgrenPippi Longstocking, Emil, Tommy, Annika, Ida
children's rightsparental authority
Guardian's legal control
parental control · in loco parentis · guardianship · paternalism · corporal punishment
children's rightschild exploitation
Harmful use of minors
child abuse · child labor · child neglect · child trafficking · child soldiers
children, rights, child, right, childish, childlike, childhood, childless, childlessness