Child Rights in Bangladesh and arround the world

Children are the most vulnerable members of society and need special protection and assistance. Their right to grow up without fear of abuse and exploitation is paramount. The state has a duty to protect children from abuse and to provide them with the means to develop and realize their potential.
Bangladesh is one of the poorest and most densely populated countries in the world, with a population of 127 million or 755 people per square kilometer. At least one-third of the population live in extreme poverty and lack food, clothing, shelter and access to effective health care and education. So many families in Bangladesh live in extreme poverty. Consequently their children have to work long hours for very low wages instead of going to school. The money that children earn is generally handed over to parents, who run the household as best as they can. Most parents want their children to go to school. But they also feel that schooling is a luxury as they cannot afford.
As the poor country under the existing human rights treaties, children were not specifically provided for. Civil and political rights on social, economic and cultural right concerned the rights of adults as well as children, but there were no specific provisions for children.
To guarantee the human rights of children is to invest in the future. Children’s rights are the building blocks for a solid human rights culture, the basis for securing human rights for future generations.
Some institutions are campaigning to raise awareness of children’s rights and to encourage people to take responsibility for future generations, also urging the governments to take immediate steps to protect children from violations and grant them their full rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The rights of children have been recognized in international human rights standards such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through which nations of the world acknowledged that childhood is entitled to special care and assistance. These rights were further developed in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the UN General Assembly (on 20 November 1989). Virtually all countries in the world have demonstrated their commitment to children’s rights by ratifying this Convention, including Bangladesh.
The Convention ensures rights for children without discrimination, regard-less of their race, colour, sex, language, religion, national, ethnic or social origin, disability, birth or other status, or that of their parent or legal guardian.