Lucy, I was thinking more of a bill of rights for children. Current
legislation in the UK and elsewhere seems to concentrate on welfare
and protection, rather than rights. Not that they're unimportant,
just not what I meant. I was thinking of an act that spells out what
rights children can expect, and ways for the children to enforce them
via some local guardian or commissioner figure - for example, the
right to a decent education, although how we'd define that I don't
know, but you get my drift.
Sarah
At 11:29 AM +0000 02/11/2003, Lucy Hone wrote:
SArah, you raise the issue of Childrens Rights... THE UK has a Childrens
Rights Act that covers many many aspects of children's lives. It is a
comprehensive Act that also entitles children to legal representation and
can be permitted(for example) to sue negligent health authorities who bungle
their births and leave them with long term disabilities.
