2. What are they? And how are they being offended?
RIGHTS:
Education
Participation
Survival and development
Freedom (of speech)
Non-discrimination
Protection
OFFENCES:
Child Abuse
Child Neglect
Abandoned Children
Child Labor
Child Soldiers
IGHTS:
Education
Protection
Development
Participation
Non-discriminationR

3. EDUCATION
Education is an essential right, which permits each person to receive instruction and to blossom socially. The right to an education is vital for the economic, social and cultural development of all societies.

4. PARTICIPATION
Children are entitled to the freedom to express opinions and to have a say in matters affecting their social, economic, religious, cultural and political life.
Children are also free to participate in cultural, social, religious events.

5. SURVIVAL AND DEVELOPMENT
The right to survival and development underscores the vital importance of ensuring access to basic services and to equality of opportunity for children to achieve their full development.
A child with a disability should have effective access to education and health care to achieve their full potential.

6. FREEDOM OF SPEECH
The voice of the child must be heard and respected in all matters concerning their rights.
For example, those in power should consult with children before making decisions that will affect them

7. BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD
The best interests of the child must be "a primary consideration" in all actions and decisions concerning a child, and must be used to resolve conflicts between different rights.
When making national budgetary decisions affecting children, Government must consider how cuts will impact on the best interests of the child.

8. NON-DISCRIMINATION
Children have the same right to develop their potential in all situations and at all times.
Every child should have equal access to education regardless of the child’s gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, disability, parentage, sexual orientation or other status.

9. BUT HOW ARE CHILDREN RIGHTS OFFENDED?

10. CHILD ABUSE
Child abuse is when a parent or caregiver, whether through action or failing to act, causes injury, death, emotional harm or risk of serious harm to a child. There are many forms of child maltreatment, including neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, exploitation and emotional abuse.

11. PHYSICAL ABUSE
Physical abuse of a child is when a parent or caregiver causes any non-accidental physical injury to a child.
Physical abuse includes striking, kicking, burning, biting, hair pulling, choking, throwing, shoving, whipping or any other action that injures a child
Even if the caregiver didn’t mean to cause injury, when the child is injured it is abuse.

12. EMOTIONAL ABUSE
When a parent or caregiver harms a child’s mental and social development, or causes severe emotional harm, it is considered emotional abuse. While a single incident may be abuse, most often emotional abuse is a pattern of behavior that causes damage over time.
It includes; Ignoring ,telling a child he or she is unwanted or unloved, not listening to the child, breaking promises, cutting child off in conversation, humiliating, calling a child names, criticizing, blaming, insulting, punishing or threatening, manipulating, screaming, yelling, isolating.

13. SEXUAL ABUSE
Sexual abuse occurs when an adult uses a child for sexual purposes or involves a child in sexual acts. It also includes when a child who is older or more powerful uses another child for sexual gratification or excitement.
Sexual abuse of children includes: Making a child view or perform a sex act, making a child view or show sex organs, inappropriate sexual talk, contact abuse, exploitation, Child prostitution and child pornography

15. CHILD NEGLECT
Child neglect is when a parent or caregiver does not give the care, supervision, affection and support needed for a child’s health, safety and well-being.

16. PHYSICAL NEGLECT
Children need enough care to be healthy and enough supervision to be safe. Adults that care for children must provide clothing, food and drink. A child also needs safe, healthy shelter, and adequate supervision.

17. EMOTIONAL NEGLECT
Children require enough affection and attention to feel loved and supported. If a child shows signs of psychological illness, it must be treated.

18. MEDICAL NEGLECT
Parents and caregivers must provide children with appropriate treatment for injuries and illness. They must also provide basic preventive care to make sure their child stays safe and healthy.

19. EDUCATIONAL NEGLECT
Parents and schools share responsibility for making sure children have access to opportunities for academic success.

20. CHILD LABOR
Child labour refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful.

21. CONSEQUENCES OF CHILD LABOR
Violates a nation’s minimum age laws
Threatens children’s physical, mental, or emotional well-being
Involves intolerable abuse, such as child slavery, child trafficking, debt bondage, forced labor, or illicit activities
Prevents children from going to school
Uses children to undermine labor standards
The United States has passed a law that allows Amish children older than 14 to work in traditional wood enterprises with proper supervision.

22. Of an estimated 215 child laborers around the globe: approximately 114 million (53%) are in Asia and the Pacific; 14 million (7%) live in Latin America; and 65 million (30%) live in sub-Saharan Africa

23. CHILD SOLDIERS
The military use of children takes three distinct forms: children can take direct part in hostilities as child soldiers; they can be used in support roles such as porters, spies, messengers, lookouts; or they can be used for political advantage as human shields or in propaganda.
According to one study, children have been used militarily across the globe. Children are easy targets to recruit for military purposes because of their vulnerability to influence. Many are seized and recruited by force whereas others join to escape their reality.

24. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Sofia Georgogala
Marianna Lymperopoulou
Maria Tourountous
Eleftheria Sotiriou
John Gionis
Antonis Gargalakos