Foster home care, failure to provide

Type of entry: Potential Violation

Broader Terms:

Other Related Terms (keywords):

  • Children
  • Special groups
  • Street children

See ESC right:

Children, protection of

Relevant ICESCR Articles:

10(3): Special measures of protection and assistance should be taken on behalf of all children and young persons without any discrimination for reasons of parentage or other conditions. Children and young persons should be protected from economic and social exploitation. Their employment in work harmful to their morals or health or dangerous to life or likely to hamper their normal development should be punishable by law. States should also set age limits below which the paid employment of child labour should be prohibited and punishable by law.

Related Documents:

Declaration on Social and Legal Principles Relating to the Protection and Welfare of Children, with Special Reference to Foster Placement and Adoption Nationally and Internationally


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