child health nursing

2. Right of the children
Prepaired By: Bandana Yadav
M.Sc. 1st year

3. International child right
• Declaration of the Rights of the Child, 1924
• The League of Nations adopts the Geneva
declaration of the rights of the child, drafted
by the international union for child welfare .
• The decleration establishes children’s rights
to the means for material, moral and spiritual
development.

4. • special help when hungry
• sick disabled or orphaned
• first call on the relief when in distress
• freedom from economic exploitation
• and an upbringing that instills a sense of
social responsibility.

5. Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, 1948
• The UN General Assembly passes the
universal declaration of human rights which
refers in articles 25 and 26 specific to the
children.
• Article 25 on special care and assistance and
social protection , and Article 26 on
education.

6. Declaration of the Rights of the Child,
1959
• In 1959, the United Nations general assembly
adopted the declarationnnn of the rights of
the child.
• It marked the first major international
consensus on the fundamental principles of
children’s rights .

7. the fundamental principles of
children’s rights are:
• Right to equality, without distinction on account
of race, religion or national origin.
• Right to special protection for the child’s physical,
mental and social development.
• Right to a name and a nationality.
• Right to adequate nutrition, housing and m,edical
services.
• Right to special education and treatment when a
child is physically or mentally handicapped

8. • Right to understandable and love by parents and
society.
• Right to recreational activities and free
education.
• Right to be among the first to receive relief in all
circumstances.
• Right to protection against all forms of
neglect, cruelty and explanation.
• Right to be brought up in a spirit of
understanding , tolerance, friendship among
peoples, and universal brotherhood

9. Convention of the rights of the Child
(CRC), 1989
• The convention on the rights of the child is
the first legally binding international
instrument to incorporate the full range of
human rights like civil, cultural, economic,
political and social rights.

10. • In 1989, world leadres decided that children
needed a special care, convention and
protection.
• The world recognized that children have
human rights too. In November 20, 1989, UN
general assembly adopted the convention on
the rights of the child with unanimously
approves from member states.

11. The CRC is concerned with the four
‘P’s:
• Participation of children in decision affecting
their own destiny.
• Protection of children against discrimination
and all form of neglect and exploitation
• Prevention of harm to children and
• Provision of assistance for their basic needs

12. World Summit for Children,1990
• The world summit for children is held in NEW
YORK. It includes 71 heads od state and
government.
• The leaders sign the world declaration of the
survival, protection and development of children
as well as a plan of action for implementating the
declaration, setting goals to be achieved by the
year 2000.
• The convention sets out these rights in 54 articles
and two optimal protocols.

13. . It spells out the basic human rights
that children every where have
• . It spells out the basic human rights that
children every where have
• Right to survival:to life, health, nutrition,
name and nationality
• Right to development : to education, care,
leisure, recreation.
• Right to protection:from exploitation, abuse,
neglect

14. • Right to participation : to expression,
information, thought and religion
• The four core principles of the convention
are:
• Non-discrimination
• Devotion to the best interests of the child
• Right to life, survival and development: and
• Respect for the views of the child

15. Declaration of the rights of the child,
1995
• The UN general assembly adopts the
declaration of the rights of the child,
• which recognizes rights such as freedom
from discrimination and right to a name and a
nationality.
• It also specifically enshrines children’s rights
to education , health care and special
protection

16. Childs right in Nepal
• Human rights (1990):
• the constitution of the kingdom of Nepal 1990
has recognized some basic human rights,
which are equally applicable to children.
• Such as right to nationality (Article 9); right to
non-discrimination (Article 11) and non-
exploitation (Article 12); right to culture and
development (Article18).

17. • The directive principles of the constitution
have also recognized the principle of best
interest of the child(Article26).

18. Children’s act (1992):
• the children;s act 1992 is the landmark
departure in the child right law in Nepal.
• It has recognized the fundamental principles
and provisions of CRC the act not only spells
out the rights of the child but also outlines the
implementation policies

19. • The children’s act 1992 defines a ‘child ‘ as
every human being below age of sixteen years
where as the CRC defines a ‘child’ as a person
aged below eighteen. The act has
incorporated the rights of child to survival,
development , protection and participation.

20. Right of Children:Constitution of
Nepal, 2015
• Each child shall have the right to his /her
identity with the family name, and birth
registration.
• Every child shall have the right to education,
health care nurturing, appropriate upbringing,
sports, recreation and overall personality
development from family and the state.

21. • Every child shall have the right to elementary
child development, and child participation.
• No child shall be employed in factories, mines,
or in any other hazardous works
• No child shall be subjected to child marriage ,
illegal trafficking, kidnapping, or being held
hostage

22. • No child shall be subjected to recruitment or
any kind of use in the army, plice or armed
groups , neglected, or used immorally, or
abused physically, mentally, or sexually, or
exploited through any other means, in the
name of religious or cultural practices.
• No child shall be subjected to physical,
mental, or any other forms of torture at home,
in school, or in any other places or situations.

23. • Every child shall have the right to child
friendly justice.
• Children who are hepless, orphaned,
physically impaired, victims of conflict and
vulnerable , shall have the right to special
protection and facilities from the state

24. • Any act contrary to clause (4), (5), (6) and (7)
shall be punishable by law
• children who have suffered from such an act
shall have the right to be compensated by the
perpetrator as provided for in law

25. Right of the child according to The Act
Relating to children, 2075 (2018)
• According to this act “ children’’ means
persons who have not completed the age of
eighteen years .rights of the child according to
the act relating to children are:
• Right to live
• Right to name, nationality and identity

26. • Right against discrimination
• Right to live and meet with the parents
• Right to protection
• Right to participate
• Right to freedom of expression and
information

27. • Right to open organization and assemble
peacefully
• Right to privacy
• Special rights of children with disabilities
• Right to nutrition and health
• Right to sports, entertainment and culture
• Right to education