Training of Trainers on Human Rights Education with Children,
12 – 19 October, EYC Budapest, Hungary
» Children are not mini-human beings with mini-human rights
Children have rights. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child recognises children as holders of many essential rights. In Europe, children’s fundamental rights are further protected by the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Social Charter. Just a few examples of these are: the right to life, the right not to be submitted to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, protection against forced labour or slavery, respect for private and family life, the right to protection from danger and the right to education.
» Children are vulnerable. They need more protection, not less
Children are victims of many forms of violence. Children are used as slaves, as soldiers, as workers. Children are neglected, abused, mutilated, killed. This happens in the street, at school, in hospitals, on the Internet, in detention centres, in the media, at home and in other places where children are supposed to be safe. Children are vulnerable and depend on adults for most things.They cannot defend themselves and their voices are the last to be heard. Special measures need to be taken to counteract children’s vulnerability.
Building a Europe for and with Children, CoE, p. 3-5.
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