City Council
MEETING DATE: 8/29/2018
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Convention on the Rights of the Child
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FROM:
Charles McClendon, City Manager
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
This item is presented for information, discussion and direction only.
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BACKGROUND:
In 1989, the Convention on the Rights of the Child became the first legally binding international convention to affirm human rights for all children. The Convention (CRC) represents a major milestone in the historic effort to achieve a world fit for children. As a binding treaty of international law, it codifies principles that Member States of the United Nations agreed to be universal - for all children, in all countries and cultures, at all times and without exception, simply through the fact of their being born into the human family. The United States signed the CRC in 1995.
DISCUSSION:
Councilmember Kaplan requested a study session discussion to allow Councilmembers to consider developing a resolution documenting Cathedral City’s support for the principals of the CRC.
Following is a simplified outline of the primary principals of the CRC obtained from Six Seconds <https://www.6seconds.org/>
Paraphrased in simple terms from the Convention on the Rights of the Child <https://www.unicef.org/crc/>
Children have the right…
To a name & citizenship.
To know his or her parents.
To live with his or her parents unless it is not in his or her best interests.
To maintain contact with both parents if separated from one or both.
To be reunited with parents when possible.
To express an opinion, and to have that opinion taken into account.
To obtain appropriate information.
To meet with others and to join or set up associations.
To privacy.
To access information and material from a diversity of media sources.
To protection from abuse or neglect.
If not with family, to appropriate care, taking into account the child’s cultural background.
If mentally or physically disabled, to special care, education and training.
To the enjoyment of the highest possible standard of health.
To an adequate standard of living.
To education that develops the child’s personality and talents.
To enjoy their own culture, to practice their own religion and to use their own language.
To rest and to engage in leisure, play and recreational activities.
To participate in cultural and artistic activities.
To be protected from child labor.
To be protected from illicit drugs.
To be protected from sexual exploitation or abuse.
To be protected from trafficking.
To protection from all other forms of exploitation prejudicial to their welfare.
To be protected from torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
To not be made a soldier.
To be protected from armed conflict.
To be protected from pornography.
To rehabilitation if a victim of violation of the rights.
To have a due process of law.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no cost related to this discussion item.
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