The Spirit of Child Rights; A Look at the Goals of Child Rights in a Comparative Approach
Subject Areas : child rights
1 - Assistant Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Child Right, Basis, Goals, Convention on the Right of the Child,
Abstract :
Answering to this question of what is the purpose of creating children rights, first of all steps requires knowledge of the basis of children rights. Understanding this rules also requires constructing the goals of children rights in the social societies. Because of this reason, there is a certain connection between the rules and goals of the children legal regime. Understanding of this rules and goals help to gain a more accurate awareness in regard philosophy and legal functions of children rights in society, and this act helps the public and criminal legislative to legislate more favourable child protection rules. There is no national or global consensus on the goals of children rights. There are different goals for this legal system that are not necessarily compatible. This study tries to identify the goals of children rights by descriptive- analytical method, and in this direction, a brief look at the approach of international documents and standards, as well as the Iranian legal system especially the law on the protection of children. The results show that the protection of the best interest of children is the most important basis of children right and eternalizing the right to have right for children and empowering families and paving the way for their material and spiritual development are among the most important specific goals of this legal system.
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