In The Interests' Of Children ™ Petition to the United Nations  1503 Committee |
The First Rights Declaration was in 1789 which conferred the Rights of Man and Citizen. In 1948 the member states of the United Nations passed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) which recognised rights based on equal treatment for all. In a sharp u-turn gender based right was passed in 1979 (CEDAW), a development that gave special rights contrary to UDHR. The CRC was introduced in November 1989 giving children protection. Despite this what in effect is happening is alienation of the child by the State and its organs and the resident parent against the best interest of the child. Courts are refusing to implement orders that it makes against state bodies and refusing to make orders when State bodies are wrong. Western Governments are adopting a sinister role in the destruction of families by setting targets and cash rewards based on the number of children that are taken from purported 'dysfunctional' families. Over night you are no longer a parent - proof is not essential and officials do not have to give reasons for their actions. Grandparents have no automatic rights to grandchildren - they have to seek Court permission; not easy to come-by. In addition, courts take family wealth based on questionable and dubious mechanisms. It is recognised universally that 'corruption of power creates poverty, intolerance, disfranchisement, hatred and terrorism that leads to an unstable world … if it is allowed to continue without notice and correction'. The objective of strengthening judicial integrity is to define judicial accountability without compromising the principle of judicial independence [UN 2001 ENS] - 'We must also expose the forces that create poverty, intolerance, hatred and environmental degradation that can lead to an unstable world.' In all these well-intentioned statements, truth and accountability remains invisible end elusive. Misinformation to demonise families and fathers goes unabated. Sadly media has consistently turned a 'blind eye'. Fathers are most often targeted as abusers of children and/ or mothers despite no independent studies to support such a conclusion or evidence in support.
Families disadvantaged by | …and their effects |
State increasingly taking the role of parents. | Families, parents and children broken up |
Incentives to relationships outside marriage. | Marriages actively discouraged - breakdown of families; no role models. |
State run agencies actions are anti-family and communities. | The nuclear family unit becoming rare and family wealth dissipated. |
Easier for same sex couples to adopt children. | Harder for heterosexual couples to adopt children. |
Same sex partner of dead parent has parental rights | Biological parent less chance of parental rights. |
Governments creating new generation of single families. | Destroying the social cohesion of society and destruction of communities. |
Governments’ anti child and family policies | Worsening mental health; teenage pregnancies; criminality; self-harming; rape; suicides; obesity; bullying, drug addiction and truancy. |
Minorities, female gender, disabled have defined rights | Outside defined groups effective access to justice is restricted |
Abuses by unaccountable financial industry | Destruction of families and communities and children’s futures. |
Quote from a Public Inquiry:
'the professionals involved were ready to accept the excuses of the primary carer and abuser' - and - 'too often it seemed that too much time was spent deferring to the needs of the resident parent and not enough time spent on protecting vulnerable and defenseless children'.
First world's governments' social policies actively support the disfranchisement of families and extended families and actively encourage the breakdown of communities. As a consequence, increased demand and reliance on the governmental organs has developed and subsequently an analogous increase in the degree of control and influence the government has over the general population has taken place. In reality Big Brother (or better named the Big Gov) is not just watching but controlling the population. Governments' systematic creation of data bases in the first world countries for control and commercial exploitation of children and families are taking place without any public debate.
I/we the undersigned call on the 1503 Committee to investigate this systematic destruction of the rights of children and families by states and government agencies throughout the industrialised world;-
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