What are the rights of parents and children?
In addition to the rights enjoyed by all persons under human rights treaties, parents and children enjoy special rights, particular to their status. The rights cover:
best interests of the child
responsibilities, rights and duties of parents
separation of children
adoption of children
right of children to be heard
children in the criminal process
refugee children
families and disability.
Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), children are persons under the age of eighteen.