Topic

RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE UNDER 18 – YOUNG PEOPLE
Today I’m going to talk about young people’s rights
- Who are this young people? Anyone under 18
- You have the right to protection against discrimination
- Anyone making decisions that affect young people should make young people’s
interests a high priority
- Children and young people have a right to survive and develop and the
Government should give a much help as is needed
- You have the right to have a name and a nationality – to an identity
- If you and your parents are living in different countries, you have the right to
get back together and live in the same place
- You should not be kidnapped
- You should have a say in decisions that affect you
- You should be able to express yourself freely, while respecting other people’s
rights
- You have the freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, while respecting
other people’s rights
¿Se cumplen estos derechos? - Are these rights actually fulfilled?
¿Son compatibles entre ellos? - Are they compatible with each other?
Inmigración, menores transexuales… - Immigrants, transgendered minors…
Reforma necesaria, más específica – órgano regulador - More specific reform is needed
and where young people are truly the priority. Example: specific regulatory agencies
In conclusion, it is very important to respect the rights of young people, but it is also
important that obligations are fulfilled.