The Children's Charter of South Africa Children should be treated the same, no matter what their colour, race, sex, language or religion. Children have a right to a name and nationality. Children have a right to a loving and caring family, a proper home, clothing, and healthy food. Children have a right to good health care and medical attention and should be protected from drugs, cigarettes, and alcohol. Children have a right to be taught about sexuality, AIDS, human rights, child abuse, and how to protect themselves.
Children have a right to be protected from abuse, neglect, labour, and violence.
Children have a right not to be held in prisons or police cells. Children have a right to have a say in all matters which affect them. Children have a right to practise their own religion and culture. Children have a right to be placed in safe and secure 'families' when they are orphaned, abandoned, refugees, or exiled. The religious and ethnic background of its people is varied.