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Children’s Rights
Movement

Sathvikha S

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“I continue to believe that if children are

given the necessary tools to succeed, they
will succeed beyond their wildest
dreams!”

— David Vitter, Former U.S. Senator

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Introduction
• The Children's Rights Movement is a
historical and modern movement committed
to the acknowledgment and expansion of
the rights of children around the world.

• The 19th century marked the start of

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considered as a being in need of protection.

• United Nations General Assembly

declares 1979 as the International Year of
the Child, in which UNICEF plays a leading
role.

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Timeline :
1830s — The United States begins to regulate and limit child labor.

1924 — The League of Nations adopts the

Declaration of the Rights of the Child. The declaration is the precursor to later
child rights measures by the United Nations.

1974 — The U.S. Congress passes the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
to fund state-level development of child protective services. The law is amended
in 2016 to incorporate the needs of children affected by substance abuse.

2000 — The U.N. adopts protocols forbidding child prostitution, the sale of
children, and the involvement of children in armed conflict. These were
unanimously ratified by the U.S. Senate in 2002.
 • The movement started due to the deprivation of
What is the main basic right as children were, recruited into armed

REASON? conflicts, child labor and other forms of

oppression.

Click icon to add picture • According to The International Labor

Organization(ILO) 152 million children are
engaged in child labor; 73 million work under
hazardous conditions.

• These environments negatively impact a child’s

well-being and development and often deny the
child’s right to health and survival, protection,
and education.

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Is progress being made in protecting ?
• Yes, improvements in child mortality,
healthcare, and school attendance are some of
the signs that children’s rights concerns are
receiving greater recognition.

• Globally, progress is also being made against

some of the worst violations of children’s
rights. For example, in the past decade,
25 million child marriages have been
prevented, according to UNICEF, the U.N.
children’s agency.

• Spreading awareness on such issues like child

labor , the responsibility taken up by NGO’s
has helped such movements like Children’s
Rights Movement progress worldwide.

Children’s right by
country…
United States of
America.
• There is a long history of
children's rights in the U.S
• Groups predominately focus
on child abuse, foster care, youth
aging out of foster care,
preventing foster care placement,
and adoption
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Australia
• Is a participant to all significant treaties
that impact on children’s rights.
• The rights and protection of children
are governed by both Federal and state
and territory law.
Greece
• Has various laws and a number of
measures and services to promote
and advance the rights of children.
• 2002, the Greek Parliament adopted
a new law on human trafficking
• 2003 the juvenile system was
reformed
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