Children are our most precious hope for the future, yet they are the least protected of all people. Most of us are aware of the Geneva Convention for safety and well-being of prisoners of war, but have no knowledge of the same rights for children. (By the way, in 1929, the Geneva Convention was extended to include the rights of children).
On December 10th, 1948, the
United Nations General Assembly adopted and proclaimed the
Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.
Article 5 states:
" No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."
On November 20, 1959, the
U.N. further established the
United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Article 19, part one states:
"States Parties shall take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s)d or any other person who has the care of the child."The point is, children DO have rights, but children are in pain even as you read this. Our responsibilty as concerned fellow humans is to preserve their rights. You are here because you are one of those concerned.
The purpose of this web site is to raise the level of awareness of the universal problem of child abuse. To get the most out of this site, I encourage you to visit all the links in this site, then to act. Let your concern extend to actually helping the children, because they can't or don't know how to help themselves.
Here is a summary of the links you will find on this site:
To Children
A message to children, written
by a child who was abused.
To Adult Survivors
A message to adult survivors
of child abuse. Also written by an adult survivor of child abuse.
To Parents, Teachers & Caregivers
A message to parents and professionals concerned
with child abuse. This may include a parent in a home where child abuse
is going on or who knows of such a home, and he/she needs help stopping
it. This page also includes parenting information to help a parent
stop his/her own abusive behavior.
Statistics
This page details the seriousness
and pervasivenesss the problem.
To Report Abuse
The signs of child abuse, and who to contact to report it.
Crisis Lines and Other Resources
Toll Free Numbers for the
U.S., and Canada, plus as many international locations as we can find.
These numbers are staffed by caring people who can help, 24 hours a day. Also links to other Child Abuse related web sites.
Cases and Faces
Puts a personal face on the
problem. The pictures are of actual children or adult survivors who
have been abused. The pictures are links to their stories.
How You Can Help
Who you can contact in your
area to volunteer time, money, or resources.
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements to the caring
people involved in this project, including you, the concerned individual
who took the initiative to get involved, make a difference, and help save
children.
-- E.J. Wilson
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