Often times when addressing international trade and sustainability issues, various U.N. initiatives and policies, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/ are discussed.
As we witness global immigration challenges currently reported in the following NYT articles:
“It’s Horrendous: The Heartache of a Migrant Boy Taken From His Father” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/us/children-immigration-borders-family-separation.html,
“Taking Immigrant Children From Parents is Illegal, U.N. Tells U.S.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/world/americas/us-un-migrant-children-families.html, and
“Scorned Migrant Boat Exposes Raw Feelings Among Allies,” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/world/europe/migrant-boat-italy-france.html,
reviewing the U.N. “Convention on the Rights of a Child” https://www.unicef.org.au/Upload/UNICEF/Media/Our%20work/childfriendlycrc.pdf is timely.
During her speech to the U.N. Conference on Women in 1995, Hillary Clinton declared that “human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights.” It is also fitting to state that “human rights are children’s rights, and children’s rights are human rights.”
Written by Dr. Shireen Musa
FIT, State University of New York