학령기 아동인권 보장의 전개와 법적 실현

A series of recent child abuse cases are causing social resentment. The occurrence of such child abuse still reflects a very passive reality in preparing active countermeasures while recognizing the seriousness of child abuse. Children, unlike adults, often fail to respond to exposure to violence, and the social system network that protects them is still insufficient. The Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Korea joined in 1991, has served as a guideline for guaranteeing children’s rights. Since then, efforts have been made to prepare, maintain, and improve the legal system for children’s human rights in Korea, which has served as a factor that brings about changes in children’s human rights in Korea, which is still valid. However, despite the efforts so far, the quality of life of Korean children, which is confirmed through international indicators and various surveys, is at the lowest level. Accordingly, in order to realize the human rights of children in school age, it is necessary to guarantee the human rights of children, which are insufficient legally and institutionally, and to make efforts to improve them. The four so-called rights to children stipulated by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child are human rights that should be guaranteed by our legislation, and the non-fulfillment regulations recommended by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child should be recognized and implemented. Human rights issues related to children are universal human rights that must be guaranteed equally domestically and internationally. It is necessary to ensure that human dignity is guaranteed in the child’s position through legal maintenance and institutional improvement efforts in areas that are still insufficient and concerned about child human rights. In addition, as a practical task for this, appropriate child rights education should be provided to the government, including parents and teachers who are child care givers.