international community adopted the concept of care in dealing with
children since that period of time.
Because of the inevitability of logical context and natural evolution in
dealing with children as a category enjoying inherent dignity that is
recognized by the international community, since this is clearly evident
through what is stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this
concept witnessed evolution in 1959 through the emergence of a special
declaration for the child called the United Nations Declaration on the Rights
of the Child. This evolution was illustrated by the introduction of the
concept of protection of all kinds, such as physical, intellectual, and ethical
protection, after the existence of only the concept of welfare and social
services at that time. The international community expanded the protection
cover to start from the moment the fetus is created in the womb of its
mother, after the protection cover used to start from the moment it is born
alive. In this sense, an international convention for the rights of the child was
devoted and adopted in 1989 to include all the rights and categories of
children. Article (23) of the Convention addressed the rights of the child
with physical or mental disabilities, while Article (6) stipulates that each
child has an inherent right to life, and that States Parties shall ensure to the
maximum extent possible the survival and development of children, i.e. that
the rights concept has become prevalent in this stage and children have
become a category that have rights in the community and the States Parties
are responsible for the implementation and application of such rights.
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