GLOSSARY
Child-care
CRC Article = 18(3)
Note:
The right of children of working parents to benefit from child-care services and facilities for which they are eligible is set forth in Article 18(3) of the CRC.
See also:
Care of children Standards of care
Children belonging to a minority
Children born out of wedlock
Note:
Children born outside of marriage. Article 25(2) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) provides that all children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection. See also the European Convention on the Legal Status of Children Born Out of Wedlock (1975). Article 2(1) of the CRC obligates States Parties to respect and to ensure the rights set forth in the CRC to each child within their jurisdiction without discrimination of any kind, irrespective of the child's birth or other status.
See also:
Discrimination Identity Name
Children deprived of their family environment
CRC Article = 20
Note:
Article 20 of the CRC accords to children permanently or temporarily deprived of their family environment, or in whose own best interests cannot be allowed to remain in that environment, the right to special State protection and assistance and the right to alternative care in accordance with national laws.
See also:
Adoption Alternative care Foster placement Judicial review Kafala Placement in institutions Procedures Unaccompanied refugee children
Children deprived of their liberty
CRC Article = 37(b)(c)(d)
Note:
Article 37(b)(c)(d) accords special rights to children deprived of their liberty. Children deprived of their liberty include arrested, detained or imprisoned children and child prisoners of war.
See also:
Arrest Child prisoners of war Deprivation of liberty Detention Determination of lawfulness of detention Impartial and independent authority Imprisonment Independent and impartial authority Information on absent parent(s) or child Judicial body Life imprisonment Prompt legal assistance Separation from adult prisoners Treatment of children deprived of their liberty
Children in armed conflicts
CRC Article = 38
Note:
Article 38 of the CRC accords special rights to children in armed conflicts. Children become caught up in armed conflicts either as civilians or as participants. International humanitarian law divides armed conflicts into international armed conflicts and non-international armed conflicts. International armed conflicts include "armed conflicts in which peoples are fighting against colonial domination and alien occupation and against racist regimes in the exercise of their right of self-determination" (Geneva Protocol No. 1 Additional to the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (1977)). Non-international armed conflicts are those "which take place in the territory of a [State] between its armed forces and dissident armed forces or other organized armed groups which, under responsible command, exercise such control over a part of its territory as to enable them to carry out sustained and concerted military operations" (Geneva Protocol No. 2 Additional to the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (1977)). They do not include "situations of internal disturbances and tensions, such as riots, isolated and sporadic acts of violence and other acts of a similar nature" (Geneva Protocol No. 2 Additional to the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (1977)).
See also:
Child prisoners of war Humanitarian assistance International humanitarian law Participation in hostilities Recovery and reintegration Recruitment