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• Ask them the following questions about the drawings:
- What do children like most?
- Are there drawings that show a violation of one of the basic child rights?
- If yes, why do they think this happens?
- Are there ways to solve the problems showed on the drawings?
Step 3
• Summarize the discussion and mention once more the rights children have.
Notes for the trainer
Plan the children’s session at a time that does not conflict with their school timings. If you go
around when they are making the drawings, it can be helpful to make some notes of their
explanations. You can use it afterwards in the session with the adults.
Do not put their names on the drawings, in this way the parents do not know which drawing was
made by which child and nobody has to feel uncomfortable.
When the group is larger than 15 children, divide the group into two groups. Ask one group to
make drawings of something they like and the other group to draw something they do not like.
All human beings, adults and children alike, are entitled to human rights. But because their special
needs and vulnerability, children’s rights need to be addressed with particular care and attention. A
number of international instruments have been adopted to protect children’s rights. The United
Nations Convention on the Right of the Child (1989) was drawn up in order to enforce and
safeguard children’s rights. Almost all countries in the world including Cambodia ratified this
Convention. These rights include:
Survival rights: All children have the right to life and to meet their most basic needs, including
food, shelter and access to health care.
Development rights: All children have the right to develop properly, without hindrance. They have
the right to education, play, freedom of thought, religion and conscience and all other rights that
will allow them to develop to their fullest potential.
Protection rights: All children have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, neglect and
exploitation.
Participation rights: All children have the right to taken an active role in their community and
nation, including freedom of expression, the freedom to associate with others and to be member of
a group.
Education: All children have the right to receive primary school education. Secondary school
education should be promoted and encouraged.
Child labour: Children should be protected from exploitation and any work that endangers them in
any way or stops them from getting an education. 3
The Constitution of Cambodia states that the Kingdom of Cambodia shall recognize and respect
human rights as stipulated in the United Nations Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, the covenants and conventions related to human rights, women’s and children’s rights
(article 31.1).
3 Child Labour – An information Kit for Teachers, Educators and their Organizations, book 1, p.26 and 30, ILO, Geneva, 1998
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