Evolving capacities of adolescents.The Convention on the Rights of the Child The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, often referred to as CRC or UNCRC, is an international convention setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of children. (CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking) An error checking technique used to ensure the accuracy of transmitting digital data. The transmitted messages are divided into predetermined lengths which, used as dividends, are divided by a fixed divisor. ) recognises that adolescents are capable of making decisions about their lives and that these decisions should be respected. It also recognises their right to privacy. (1) Under the CRC, governments are required to "respect the rights and duties of the parents and, when applicable, legal guardians, to provide direction to the child in the exercise of his or her right in a manner consistent with the evolving capacities of the child." The CRC, thus, limits parental role as the adolescent become capable of making independent decisions. A general rule is young people capable of being sexually active without parental control are equally capable of receiving SRH SRH somatotropin-releasing hormone; see growth hormone, under hormone. SRH somatotropin releasing hormone (growth hormone releasing hormone). counseling and care without parental control. (2) Among others, the CRC legally binds governments to remove legal, regulatory and social barriers to adolescents accessing essential reproductive health information and care; and ensure that health care providers are trained to assess the capability of adolescents to make reasonable, independent, and confidential decisions regarding their reproductive health. (3) Endnotes (1) Bergman, Ylva. (Ed.). 2004. Breaking Through: A Guide to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. Sweden: The Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU RFSU Riksförbundet För Sexuell Upplysning (Swedish organization for sexual enlightenment) RFSU Ready for Start Up ). 64 pp. Available at www.rfsu.org/ upload/PDF-Material/breaking.pdf (2) Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR CRR Cash Reserve Ratio CRR Center for Retirement Research (Boston College) CRR Congestion Revenue Rights (electricity) CRR Center for Reproductive Rights CRR Certified Realtime Reporter ). 2005. "Adolescents need safe and legal abortion." New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : CRR. 5p. Available at www.crlp.org/pdf/pub_bp_tk_adolescents.pdf (3) Cook, R. & Dickens, B.M. 2000. "Recognizing adolescents' 'evolving capacities' to exercise choice in reproductive health care." International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. Vol. 70, Issue 1, pp.13-21. |
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