Children's
Organizations in Ireland
There are
different groups and organizations with the intent of protecting and
insuring
the rights of children in Ireland. These groups have many opinions on
how
children should be treated and thought of based on the ideas from the United Nations Convention on
the Rights of the Child. These groups work on
local levels, national levels and
personal levels.
One group that protects the rights of the child is Ombudsman. Ombudsman
is a
large group that tries to protect and insure the rights and opinions of
children in many different countries. Many of their ideas are based on
the
Convention on the Rights of the Child. Ombudsman takes a special
interest on
children under the age of eighteen and has three main goals:
· Promote the rights of children- one of the most important rights that they protect is Article 12 which states that children have a right to know about and have an opinion about things that affect them
· Conduct investigations and researching complaints- if children have complaints about how they are treated, the Ombudsman takes an interest in solving problems and investigating the source of the problems
· Explore inquiries and research- the objective of this group is to insure the rights of children in Ireland and doing so by answering questions posted and conducting research to further explain rights and ideas to children
Another
group is the National Children's
Organization that also is interested
in
protecting the rights of the child. The main purpose for them is to
make sure
that government policies, which affect the rights of the child, are
created and
carried out on a local level. The idea is to have children protected on
a local
level so that they can be protected on a national level as well.
The Children's Rights Alliance is a group that is
meant to inform children of
their rights. This group presents children’s rights in a way
for
children to
understand so that children can make sure that their own rights are
protected
rather than waiting and expecting for other organizations to protect
them, as
well as trying to put a stop to child poverty. The Children's Rights
Alliance
is a more personal organization for children to insure that their
rights are
protected.
The
treatment and well being of children in Ireland is well supervised.
There are
many groups and organizations that make it a personal mission to watch
over
children in Ireland. Over all these groups are trying to improve and
insure a
better life for children.
References
Children's Rights
Alliance.
2001. Retrieved April 28, 2006
(http://www.childrensrights.ie)