Leglisation that protects children and how it influences the care setting.
Legislation Summary How it influences the care settingUN Convention of the rights’ of the child (1989)‘The 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a comprehensive human rights treaty which enshrines specific children’s rights in international law. Children have rights as human beings and also need special care and protection’.The UN convention allows the protection of children’s rights. This act meets children’s basic needs expanding their opportunities in order for them to reach their full potential. ‘The Convention defines a 'child' as a person below the age of 18, unless the laws of a particular country set the legal age for adulthood as younger than 18’.The UN convention influences the care that is given in a setting as it enables children to have the basic human rights.The right enables the right of