Childrens' Rights
Social Issues
Previous generations have often made large sacrifices to provide a better life for their children. Today many of us are doing the opposite: we are sacrificing the interests of our children and their children for our own short-term comfort, believing that they will somehow find solutions to the problems we have created. In the light of this, existing children's rights agreements urgently need to be implemented, and new ones defined to insure the rights of future generations.
What sanctions for non-compliance are appropriate? How can the voice of youth be taken into account in decision-making? How can violence against children be effectively countered? Which programs dealing with child labour and exploitation, and with supporting street children have been effective? How can the right to education receive the necessary resources? What are the best ways of restricting advertising to children? How can they best be protected from violence in the media and the Internet?
