Children do not receive proper health and medical care and attention, yet do not have the right to demand treatment. Children are arrested, tried without lawyers and held in prisons. Children are beaten and abused by the police and by gangs and other adults. Children are the future leaders of tomorrow, but they are not given the right to participate in consultations or negotiations about their future. The government and other political parties have put children last, not first.
All children have the right to a name and nationality as soon as they are born.
All children have the right to be heard in courtrooms and hearings affecting their future rights and protection and welfare and to be treated with the special care and consideration within those courtrooms and hearings which their age and maturity demands. All children have the right to free legal representation if arrested. All children have the right to participate in the government of the country and special attention should be given to consultations with children on their rights and situation. All children have the right to freedom to practice their own religion, culture or beliefs without fear. All children have the right to freedom from corporal punishment at school, from the police and in prisons, and at home.