Abstract:
In this article, the author highlights the legal basis for the rights of the child. The Convention on the Rights of the Child states that all children are equal. This guiding principle permeates every right set forth in the Convention. Non-discrimination means that all children can equally exercise their rights the right to survival, development, participation and protection without exception and on an equal footing. The author recognizes that, at present, the concept of the rights of the child is not more remote. For decades it was quite normal and acceptable to talk about protecting children. It was the result of the laws, policies and attitudes of the state that perceived the child as a weak, immature and incompetent person on the road to adulthood. On such a path, the child needs protection and guidance for adults, and society must feel and act on the basis of solidarity, compassion and reason. The article states that, international legal protection of the child is not a self-fulfilling prophecy. There is no real life outside the framework of a state and its laws. The eventual goal for international legal protection is the establishment of national mechanisms for the protection of the rights of the child.
