TO EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT THE CONVENTION
International Network
Part three
To effectively implement the Convention: our responsability
All men and women of good will
To measure up to the child
62 Since the ratification of the Convention in 1989, an enormous work of dissemination and promotion has been realized by all actors concerned including children themselves, with the contribution of UNICEF and several NGOs.
This effort must be pursued, extended to both optional protocols, and especially to the rich interpretation work of the Convention carried out by the UN Committee of the Rights of the Child [71] through the recommendations that it adopts after the examination of country periodic reports and its general observations. In 20 years, the Committee of the Rights of the Child has gradually forged a culture on the rights of the child, which would deserve a wider diffusion.
Today, these rights must concretely be part of the life of millions of children who are still deprived.
Respecting children "If I had to resume in one word the rights of the child, I will choose the right to respect." Jean-Marie Petitclerc Respecter l'enfant P 34, Editions Salvator, 1989 |
All men and women of good will
63 Adults, children, each of us, wherever we are, have the responsibility to respect and enforce the child, his/her dignity, his/her rights.
This principle of individual responsibility in all circumstances is essential, because we know that even the best child-related laws and protection mechanisms can malfunction.
