These 10 countries are the best at respecting children’s rights

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Convention on the Rights of the Child

Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989 entry into force 2 September 1990, in accordance with article 49

Convention on the Rights of the Child: The children's version

1. Definition of a child

A child is any person under the age of 18.


2. No discrimination

All children have all these rights, no matter who they are, where they live, what language they speak, what their religion is, what they think, what they look like, if they are a boy or girl, if they have a disability, if they are rich or poor, and no matter who their parents or families are or what their parents or families believe or do. No child should be treated unfairly for any reason.

3. Best interests of the child

When adults make decisions, they should think about how their decisions will affect children. All   adults should do what is best for children. Governments should make sure children are protected and looked after by their parents, or by other people when this is needed. Governments should make sure that people and places responsible for looking after children are doing a good job. 

4. Making rights real

Governments must do all they can to make sure that every child in their countries can enjoy all the rights in this Convention.


5. Family guidance as children develop

Governments should let families and communities guide their children so that, as they grow up, they learn to use their rights in the best way. The more children grow, the less guidance they will need.


6. Life survival and development

Every child has the right to be alive. Governments must make sure that children survive and develop in the best possible way.

7. Name and nationality

Children must be registered when they are born and given a name which is officially recognized by the government. Children must have a nationality (belong to a country). Whenever possible, children should know their parents and be looked after by them.


8. Identity

Children have the right to their own identity – an official record of who they are which includes their name, nationality and family relations. No one should take this away from them, but if this happens, governments must help children to quickly get their identity back.


9. Keeping families together

Children should not be separated from their parents unless they are not being properly looked after – for example, if a parent hurts or does not take care of a child. Children whose parents don’t live together should stay in contact with both parents unless this might harm the child. 

10. Contact with parents across countries

If a child lives in a different country than their parents, governments must let the child and parents travel so that they can stay in contact and be together.


11. Protection from kidnapping

Governments must stop children being taken out of the country when this is against the law – for example, being kidnapped by someone or held abroad by a parent when the other parent does not agree.


12. Respect for children's views

Children have the right to give their opinions freely on issues that affect them. Adults should listen and take children seriously.


13. Sharing thoughts freely

Children have the right to share freely with others what they learn, think and feel, by talking, drawing, writing or in any other way unless it harms other people.

  • A new study uses United Nations data to measure how children’s rights are respected across the globe.

  • Iceland, Switzerland and Finland come top.

  • But worldwide, millions of children face extreme poverty due to COVID-19.

Of the myriad tragic effects of COVID-19, its impact on young people could prove to be one of its most damaging legacies.

The authors of a new report say the crisis has “turned back the clock” on years of progress made on kids’ well-being and put children’s rights under serious pressure across the globe.

The KidsRights Index 2020 measures how children’s rights are respected worldwide, and the extent to which countries are committed to improving them.

The data doesn’t directly include the impact of the pandemic, but the wider report, presented in the context of coronavirus, warns of the “disastrous” impact of the crisis on children.

The index finds the five best places to grow up healthy, well-educated and respected are all developed Western economies. But it does throw up some more surprising results too.

The five lowest-scoring countries are the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Chad.

Children in South Asia

While South Asia has seen improvements in the socioeconomic situation of children, there is more to be done.

Countries in South Asia have made remarkable progress in human development. Most are now classified middle-income countries, with rapid economic growth and improving social indicators. In the last five years alone over 150 million people have climbed out of income poverty3.

South Asia’s rich ecological, geographic and cultural diversity make the region unique but also explains why it is volatile and vulnerable in social, economic and environmental terms. Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan are among the ten most populous countries in the world while Bhutan and Maldives are among those with the smallest population. Urbanization is also shaping South Asia’s development trajectory. Nearly 130 million South Asians currently live in informal urban settlements4, but with rapid and uncontrolled urbanization this may increase to 42 percent by 20355. The region faces continuing challenges from weak urban governance, poor provision of public services, lack of effective social protection systems and mounting urban poverty to the impact of climate change, natural hazards, political turmoil, gender inequality, etc.

Thailand and Tunisia in top 20

But developed nations don’t exclusively perform better, according to KidsRights. This is because, rather than simply ranking the places where children have the best life, the index scores countries relative to their capacity to implement children’s rights.

So a host of industrialized nations, like the UK (169th), New Zealand (168th) and Australia (135th), sit quite far down the list, while some less developed countries including Thailand (8th) and Tunisia (17th) perform relatively well.

Looking at individual categories provides an interesting picture too. For example, in the life grouping – which considers criteria such mortality rate and life expectancy at birth – the top three consists of Japan, Italy and Singapore. In health, Portugal, Israel and South Korea top the table. And Thailand, Iceland and Tunisia are the top three for enabling child rights.

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Decata se naseto bogatstvo . Od nivnoto raganje treba da gi uzivaat site prava koi mu ovozmozuvaat pravilen razvoj, identitet, semejstvo, ljubov, obrazovanie. no, kako sto gledame pokraj zemjite so visok indeks, za zal postojat i zemji so mnogu nizok indeks. strasno e toa kolku mnogu gladni deca ima na zemjinata topka.

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i ja se slažem sa svim što si napisala....lijep članak

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A child is any person under the age of 18. Kako i zašto neke zemlje tretiraju maloljetstvo čak do 21. godine starosti, a druge do 18. godine starosti?

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That's a nice write up dear but I want you to know as well that, there are other countries not mentioned that also takr good care of the child right

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I absolutely agree with the rights of the child in your article. But nowadays, children are given other rights that I don't like.

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Oduvek sam voleo decu. Toliko ih volim, da ne pravim razliku izmedju svojih iz familije i one na ulici. Nekad, kad sam imao duplo manje godina nego sad, a pritom sam bio i nepunoletan, zeleo sam da radim za UNHCR. Za tu moju ne ostvarenu zelju retko ko zna. Cak sam tako, kao klinac zvao iz govornice u posti jedan broj iz novina da se prijavim. Zeleo sam da sirom sveta radim kao obican radnik, za platu, ali da pomazem deci, da nosim hranu, pice, sve moguce i gledam njihove osmehe. Posto sam bio tada nepunoletan, naravno da nisam mogao pristupiti toj ozbiljnoj organizaciji. Uvek sam zamisljao sebe kako nosim paket hrane deci iz Etiopije u onim prasnjavim ulicama, gledajuci njihove napupele stomake a tela gotovo mrsava do kostiju. Upravo tu sliku sa tv-a pamtim i ona me je naterala na takvo razmisljanje. Kasnije kad sam postao punoletan, morao sam se boriti za zivot sebe i drugih.. do dana danasnjeg moja zelja nije ispunjena. Verovatno nikad i nece. Nema veze.. ja i dalje u mislima nosim onaj paket gladnoj etiopijskoj deci i deci slicnih zivota....

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@TravelNomad podestio si me na nekoga... :-) Znas, ima mnogo napustene I glade dece kod nas. Ja Sam svoju zelju ispunila tako sto Sam se pridruzila lokalnom Crvenom krstu. Sa njima Sam vise od 15 godina. Mnogo sati volonterskog rada imam iza sebe I mogu ti reci da Sam bas srecna zbog toga.

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I ja radim dugo godina Crvenim krstom i ponosna sam za sve sto sam kao saradnik uradila.

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Imam pricu oko pomaganja invalida,... eto mozda cu vam je nekad i ispricati,..

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Potrudi se, to ce biti dobra prica vredna paznje :-)

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Hvala..

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Baš si me ganuo.Juče gledam fotografiju deteta iz Etiopije (sada ću da je dodam u ovaj post),žena,aktivistkinja i borac za ljudska prava je usvojila to dete .Molim te pogledaj.Kada je počeo rat na našim prostorima ja sam silno želela da usvojim jedno dete ali mi muž nije dozvolio.

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To je greska tvog muza, a i tebe. Tu sliku koju ces ubaciti verovatno sam vec video jer sam cuo za tu pricu. Pa zar to nije nesto najlepse? Ja roditelj (jos) nisam, ali smatram da je lepo imati decu.

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Imam ja svoju decu(izgleda da nisi shvatio) ali sam htela tada da usvojim jedno dete koje je u ratu ostalo bez roditelja.

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Naravno da sam shvatio.. preTpostavljao sam da ih imas.. mislim da sam ih video na slici sa sestrom ako se ne varam.. Ne bitno je, verovao sam da imas svoju, samo sam prokomentarisao da je 'greska'sto to niste ucinili. Mozda,... nekad... (nikad nije kasno?!)

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Daaa, tacno.. to je ta slika, sada sam je video!! To je to!!!

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Sjajan članak, moje područje rada na poslu, djecu u školama podučavam njihovim pravima ali i obavezama...

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Stvarno?Pa i ja tio radim,prosvetni radnik,imam uvek radionice o Dečjim pravima!

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it's good to have some countries like this....we often don't consider much about children which impacts on their mentality and life as well

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it's good to have some countries like this....we often don't consider much about children which impacts on their mentality and life as well

Thanks for the comment, you are absolutely right.

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sve vise prava na papiru sve manje prava u realnosti, na zalost upadamo u spiralu paradoksa iz koje se veoma tesko izlazi

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Decija prava su kao i sva druga prava neophodna stvar. Medjutim, mislim da tu bar kod nas jedan problem. Niko decune nauci da imaju i obaveze, jer samo tako mogu da postanu potpune licnosti.

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uzela si mi riječi..tako nekako i moj komentar bi zvučio

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