Supporting Children

1
Supporting Childrens Rights and Entitlements

• Outcome One
• Explain the importance of childrens rights and
  entitlements

2
Human Rights

• Universal
• Develop and change over time
• Are influenced by changing views in society
• Try to ensure that everyone is treated with
  dignity and respect
• Cover all aspects of our lives

3
Rights

• Ensure we survive, develop and protect us from
  harm
• Mean others must involve us in decision making
  and include us in matters which affect us
• Are different from needs and wants

4
Responsibilities

• With the idea of rights for everyone in society
  comes the notion of responsibilities
• So, if we have a right to be treated with respect
  we have a responsibility to treat others with
  respect

5
What do we mean by rights?

• There are different types of rights
• Moral Rights
• Legal Rights
• Political Rights
• Economic Rights
• Cultural Rights

6
History of Human Rights

• Magna Carta (1215)
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
• The Human Rights Act (Britain) 1998
• UN Declaration on the Rights of The Child (1948)
• UN Convention on The Rights of The Child
• (1989)