Urgent requests of the movement for the defense of children’s rights

Children First Now Campaign states the followings as the children urgent and minimum rights, in order to facilitate, comprehend and advance the movement of protecting the children’s rights:

1-To supply and assure welfare facilities, education, and health care for children with the latest world’s standards by the Government. The Governments are required to guarantee a unified standard of physical, social and mental well-being and the development of children and adolescents in the highest possible level and to provide

necessary cost assistance for free medical services, educational and cultural activities for children regardless of children’s family status.

2-To provide well equipped and modern preschools to all children with a lively creative educational and social environment, regardless of family circumstances.

3-To guarantee the equal rights for all children regardless of place of birth, nationality or religion. To prohibit any kind of discrimination on ground of gender, nationality or to children who are born out of marriage.

4-To prohibit child labor.

5-The elimination of nemesis laws and execution in case of children. The establishment of specific centers with modern welfare facilities, education, medical and psychiatric assistance to work with the integration in society of convicted adolescents.

6-Children’s hijab should be banned.

7-Children have no religion and should be protected from any physical and mental obligation related to a belief or to a religious institution. Attracting people under sixteen years old to religious sects, ceremonies and places should be forbidden.

8-To prohibit any religion influence in education and to eliminate any discrimination and gender apartheid in all educational levels and all schools.

9-To stop and prevent any sexual abuse of children, including underage marriage which is a crime and should be immediately forbidden. This should be supported by law. The sexual relationship between an adult and persons under eighteen even with consent is a crime and should be forbidden.

10-To prohibit the harassment of children within their families, schools, and other educational institutions and in the community. To strictly prohibit any corporal punishment. To prohibit children circumcision, psychological harassment and intimidation.

11-To prohibit the enlisting of children in the army, security or police services.