Childism

The 1989 Convention

In 1989, there was a United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Child, 2008). It was a treaty that was focused on human rights for people throughout the world who were under 18 years of age. Rights that were addressed included social, economic, political, civil, health, and cultural (United, 1989). While 18 was the age used for the definition of the line between childhood and adulthood, the UN did make provisions for countries where the age of majority occurred before the 18th birthday (United, 1989). Any nations that agreed to the treaty and ratified it were then bound by international law (Child, 2008). There is a UN Committee on the Rights of the Child that monitors the compliance of the member countries when it comes to this particular treaty. The Committee is made up of people from around the world, and that helps to...
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