Pre-Natal Peace for Humans
Ashling Gabrielle O'Donnell:
A post-natal human who was once a pre-natal human.
...“the child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth”...
A post-natal human who was once a pre-natal human.
...“the child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth”...
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Convention on
the Rights of the Child,adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, November 20, 1989
http://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspx
It seems that the world community has declared,
in an internationally binding treaty,
that children, like their parents,
are humans both before their birth and after their birth,
and hence are entitled to human rights.
It seems that the world community has declared,
in an internationally binding treaty,
that children, like their parents,
are humans both before their birth and after their birth,
and hence are entitled to human rights.
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Pax Dei
Pax Dei
Oh yes, you shaped me
first inside, then out;
you formed me in my mother’s womb.
I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking!
Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
I worship in adoration—what a creation!
You know me inside and out,
you know every bone in my body;
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared
before I’d even lived one day.
you formed me in my mother’s womb.
I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking!
Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
I worship in adoration—what a creation!
You know me inside and out,
you know every bone in my body;
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared
before I’d even lived one day.
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“The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first legally
binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights—civil,
cultural, economic, political and social rights. In 1989, world leaders decided
that children needed a special convention just for them because people under 18
years old often need special care and protection that adults do not. The
leaders also wanted to make sure that the world recognized that children have
human rights too….By agreeing to undertake the obligations of the Convention
(by ratifying or acceding to it), national governments have committed
themselves to protecting and ensuring children's rights and they have agreed to
hold themselves accountable for this commitment before the international
community. States parties to the Convention are obliged to develop and
undertake all actions and policies in the light of the best interests of the
child.” (from the UNICEF website: http://www.unicef.org/crc/)
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Currently,
193 countries are party to this Convention, including every member of the
United Nations except Somalia, South Sudan, and the United States.
http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-11&chapter=4&lang=en:
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