Modern studies test

when was the CRC created.

what is the crc

convention of the rights of the child

why was it created

world leaders realised that children needed a special document for them, this was because people under the age of 18 need special care and protection more than the regular adult

what are the three main categories

providing, protecting, participation

how many children soldiers is there world wide

approx 300,000

how many countries use child soldiers

30 countries are known to use chuld soldiers

how young can child soldiers be

a young as five years of age

what article does this directly break in the CRC (child soldiers)

article 38, protection in war

what is the percentage of girls

40% of all child soldiers are girls

treatment of a child soldier during their experience

Some are raped, sexually abused, starved, locked away, physically abused, made to drink blood of the deceased to make them stronger, made to carry heavy loads, threatened

treatment out of their fighting experiences (rehab) (child soldiers)

they are taken to transit centres where they spend at least three months at, encouraged to talk about their experiences, the workers at the transit centre try hard to find their village but in some cases their familt will not take them back out of their disgust if what their child has done.

why are children targeted to be soldiers

they are easy to manipulate and take less pay and less food

how are they recruited to be soldiers

some are not welcomed back after they escape which can and nirmally leads to them entering the army again, they are forced to join and threatened to, some children are kidnapped, offered by their parents to pay off debt, to increase the family income or an escape from poverty

what is child labour not

helping around at home, assisting the family business, earning pocket money outside of school hours/holdiday

what is child labour

Child labour work that deprives children if their childhood, their potential and their dignity. it refers to work that is mentally and physically harmful to children

what type of things do child labourers do

agricultural work, domestic work, working in factories, miners, prostitution, waiters, cleaners, kitchen staff, construction

why do child labourers work

to provide money for the family, they need money to pay for school, weak employment laws, they are cheaper to pay than adults

treatment of child labourers

made to work long periods of time, harrasment when mistakes are made, can work in dangerous enviroments,

how are children trafficked

they are decieved, move far from home and then exploited

what are the trafficked children used for

forced marriage, forced labour, prostitution

what is trafficking

modern day slavery

causes of child trafficking

civil war, poverty, natural disasters, demand for workers in wealthier countries, weak law enforcement on trafficking

forms of child trafficking

sexual exploitation, domestic servitude, drug trade, organ harvesting, forced marriage, forced criminality

what is the UDHR

United decleration of human rights

original members and members now

51 original members and 193 members now

what is the decleration

it is a document of 30 articles that declare that the human being has the right to

why does the UDHR exist

the world leaders made it to have the image of that they work together peacfully and to imorove the lifes of citizens

what is the UDHR aims

to keep peace through out the world, to develop friendly relations between countries, to encourage countries of the world to work together and stop conflicts