Welcome
This website is in celebration of the 18th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which was formally adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on November 20, 1989; and Brazil’s own Statute of the Child and Adolescent (ECA) based on the same principles as the CRC and implemented as National Law in July of the following year.
The ECA legally obligates the Brazilian Government to protect children’s rights. The statute defines children as citizens with the rights to respect, dignity and freedom. It also emphasizes important needs in a child’s life, such as health, education, sports and leisure, among others, and aims to protect the rights of all children in Brazil.
However, although the ECA generously ensures the rights of children, its full implementation is yet to be achieved 18 years after it was enacted. Through researching Children’s Rights, Children’s Health, and Government Accountability, we hope to draw attention to these issues, provide links to further resources, and to act as a public space to both celebrate and publicize the rights of children everywhere.
We hope that the creation of this website can help ensure that the 18th birthday of the Statute will indeed be a pivotal year for children’s rights in Brazil. As the ECA matures and enters adulthood, we hope that this can act as a reminder for the adults of Brazil to join the movement towards achieving the full implementation of the ECA and the realization of children’s rights in Brazil.