Analyzing the Situation of Child Rights in the World: Extracting Implications for Iran
Subject Areas : child rightsLeila Naseri 1 , Amene Aali 2 , Mahmoud Abbasi 3
1 - Assistant Professor of International Law, ACECR, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Medical Ethics and Law Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Child Rights, The 2019 report, Quantitative and Qualitative Indicators,
Abstract :
Promoting the well-being of children around the world and defending their rights is the objective of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the countries committed to it, have made extensive efforts to achieve this goal. However, making sure that this is done requires an evaluation of performance - how well governments adhere to their commitments and how successful they are in enforcing its provisions. In this paper, the status of child rights is based on 20 quantitative and qualitative indicators in five domains. The purpose of this article is to provide an analytical overview of the 2019 evaluation report and to identify implications for improving children's rights performance in Iran. Based on the analysis of the findings and the interpretation of the results of this report, it can be deduced that most countries have followed a similar pattern over the years, but the overall findings indicate a profound gap between the scope of action and international child rights policies in the world. Iran is ranked 100th out of 181 countries, which is not favorable. While in Iran quantitative indicators are above average, but in qualitative indicators related to "enabling environment for children's rights“ the results are very poor. This finding underscores the need to pay attention to proper legislation and enforcement in the country, to determine the best budget available for children's rights, to develop government and civil society cooperation, to focus on child participation and non-discrimination between specific groups.
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