Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 11
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All States and families should give the highest possible priority to children. The child has the right to standards of living adequate for its well-being and the right to the highest attainable standards of health, and the right to education. The child has the right to be cared for, guided and supported by parents, families and society and to be protected by appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sale, trafficking, sexual abuse, and trafficking in its organs.
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
International Conference on Population and Development
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Education
Equality & Inclusion
Health
Violence
Person(s) affected
Children
Families
Year
1994
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (1994), Principle 11.