Supporting Children’s Rights
and Entitlements
Outcome One
Explain the importance of
children’s rights and entitlements
November 2004
SFEU
Human Rights
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Universal
Develop and change over time
Are influenced by changing views in society
Try to ensure that everyone is treated with
dignity and respect
 Cover all aspects of our lives
Rights
 Ensure we survive, develop and protect us
from harm
 Mean others must involve us in decision
making and include us in matters which
affect us
 Are different from needs and wants
Responsibilities
 With the idea of rights for everyone in
society comes the notion of responsibilities
 So, if we have a right to be treated with
respect we have a responsibility to treat
others with respect
What do we mean by ‘rights’?
There are different types of rights
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Moral Rights
Legal Rights
Political Rights
Economic Rights
Cultural Rights
History of Human Rights
 Magna Carta (1215)
 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(1948)
 The Human Rights Act (Britain) 1998
 UN Declaration on the Rights of The Child
(1948)
 UN Convention on The Rights of The Child
 (1989)