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On The Implement Of Convention On The Rights Of The Child In Japan

Posted on:2012-06-01Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J PengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2216330338971871Subject:International law
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Convention on the Rights of the Child has established the Children's four basic rights such as survival right, right to protection by law, right to development and participation right.It also has made four core principles on the child's best interests,respect the child,without discrimination and multiple responsibilities.Each contraction state made protection for the application of the Convention in civil state by taking three measures which were conversion, in taking and mixing.Committee on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF and non-governmental organizations played an active role for the effective implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the promotion of Children's rights protection to ensure the rights of children to be truly realized. The State party also adopted a series of measures to ensure the obligations under the Convention, which including the procedural aspect and the substantive aspect. The former contained reporting on Human Rights, the later meant legislation, jurisdiction and so on.April 22, 1994, Japan approved the convention and adopted a series of measures to promote and implement the Convention on the Rights of the child, and then formatted a national mechanism and mechanism of the convention. it includes the setting up of members of the Children's rights, carrying out propaganda and report and popularization activities, reports and accepting the proposal on the state level. The Japanese central government also explicitly local self-government bodies specific measures for implementing the convention. These measures include publicity and popularization activities, encouraging children to participate in local administrative activities and the formulation of child and adolescent rights ordinance.Kawasaki city,as Japan's first formulated local autonomy of Children's rights treaty bodies, adopted a series of measures for the protection of Children's rights of survival and development, gaming and entertainment rights, and the autonomous rights of participation Rights according to the requirements of the Convention. For the protection of Children's rights of survival and development, it established a Children's dreams of paradise, especially for playing truant children;to protect the rights of Children's entertainment and established an amusement park and equipped Children's instructors ; for the protection of children and teenagers'rights to participate in social activities, to set up a Kawasaki city of children and adolescents Council, the open recruitment of children and adolescents to participate in the discussion and their related matters and opinions reflected to the relevant departments ; Kawasaki city has also worked hard to create a relaxed and harmonious environment for children and adolescents to protect their freedom to express their own will in accordance with their own wishes.Japan carries out the legislation and specific measures of Convention on the Rights of the child, reflecting that the Japanese emphasizes on the protection of child rights and child care, and this implementation mechanism is comprehensive, workable and democratic which could be reference to China.
Keywords/Search Tags:Convention on the Rights of the Child, The rights of children, Japan law
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