Some people assume that the rights of children born in wealthy nations where schools, hospitals and juvenile justice systems are in place are never violated, that these children have no need for the protection and care called for in the Convention. But that is far from the truth. To varying degrees, at least some children in all nations face unemployment, homelessness, violence, poverty and other issues that dramatically affect their lives. Human rights belong to each of us equally All of us are born with human rights a principle the Convention on the Rights of the Child makes very clear. They belong to each and every one of us equally.
Children living in developing countries have the same rights as children in wealthy countries.
And human rights apply to all age groups they do not magically begin with a child's passage into adulthood, nor do they stop when the mandate of the Convention ceases on the child's reaching the age of 18. The Convention places equal emphasis on all of the rights for children. There is no such thing as a 'small' right and no hierarchy of human rights. All the rights enumerated in the Convention the civil and political rights as well as the economic, social and cultural rights are indivisible and interrelated, with a focus on the child as a whole. This indivisibility of rights is key to interpreting the Convention.