POLICE ASSOCIATION OF NOVA SCOTIA 85 12 Child Rights Everyone Should Know continued 8. Access to Information Children have the right to transmit and receive information through the internet, radio, phone, television, books and other resources. Adults should ensure that the information children are transmitting and receiving is not harmful. However, they should encourage and teach ways to access and critically process information. Governments should make access to information as free as possible. They should share information from multiple sources and in multiple languages. 9. Privacy Every child deserves privacy. The law must protect children’s privacy in all areas, including online. Personal documentation of children should not be published. A child’s family, home, personal communications and reputation should be protected. Victims of abuse should not have their names, faces or information published. 10. The Arts Every child has the right to engage in cultural and creative activities. Children from minority populations have the right to participate in activities that the majority populations of their country do not participate in. Cultural activities and creative works should represent children of all backgrounds. Children should be free from art designed to traumatize, provoke or disturb them. However, they should receive access to and be allowed to create art that is controversial or unpopular, without fear of censorship. 11. Reparation If a child is victimized, traumatized, displaced, separated from their parents, or otherwise subject to harm, they should receive reparation and rehabilitation. Children have the right to receive help after enduring any type of pain, trauma or neglect, so they can regain their health, dignity and identity. Every child has the right to receive legal help and fair treatment. Governments should provide money and resources to assist children from poor and disenfranchised communities. 12. Government Responsibility Governments must do everything possible to ensure that children enjoy all their inalienable rights and develop in a safe and free society. Governments should prioritize child rights when considering any major policy. If the laws of a country protect child rights better than the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, those laws take higher priority. Governments should make active efforts to inform children about their rights. childrenfirstcanada.org Children have the right to be treated as citizens. They deserve to grow in a society that loves, cares, respects and protects them. Children are entitled to rights just as much as adults.
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