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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3An article under the above heading appeared this a.m. in The Irish Times. It is written by Dervla Browne SC and it outlines how many of the Government's stated objectives in its proposed constitutional amendments affecting the rights of children have been already addressed.
It appears to me to be well-written and it represents the view of an insider and a professional in the area of children's legal rights.
Proposed wording for amendment to the Constitution*
Article 42 (A)
1. The State acknowledges and affirms the natural and imprescriptible rights of all children.
2.1o In exceptional cases, where the parents of any child for physical or moral reasons fail in their duty towards such child, the State as guardian of the common good, by appropriate means shall endeavour to supply the place of the parents but with due regard for the natural and imprescriptible rights of the child.
2o Provision may be made by law for the adoption of a child where the parents have failed for such a period of time as may be prescribed by law in their duty towards the child, and where the best interest of the child so require.
3. Provision may be made by law for the voluntary placement for adoption and the adoption of any child.
4. Provision may be made by law that in proceedings before any court concerning the adoption, guardianship or custody of, or access to, any child, the court shall endeavour to secure the best interests of the child.
5.1o Provision may be made by law for the collection and exchange of information relating to the endangerment, sexual exploitation or sexual abuse, or risk thereof, of children, or other persons of such a class or classes as may be prescribed by law.
2o No provision in this Constitution invalidates any law providing for offences of absolute or strict liability committed against or in connection with a child under 18 years of age.
3o The provisions of this section of this Article do not, in any way, limit the powers of the Oireachtas to provide by law for other offences of absolute or strict liability.
* Article 42.5 will be repealed and replaced with the text above.
Sean
Enjoyed your posting about the rules and regulations. This quote caught my eye suffice to go out to buy the Wednesday Irish Times.
"….. youth mental health innovations that we might want to consider piloting in Ireland to ensure that young people are heard, respected and supported as they journey into adulthood." (Tony Bates - Clinical Psychologist)
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I like Tony Bates articles, books, lectures and have passed on a few copies of his neat little book on Common Sense Depression.
I agree, after a rocky road of visualisation, plans and worries, that the NOW provides a lot of the secret..........but you journey to get there.
Thomas Merton has been one of the pilgrim paths I engaged in; and the Dalai Lama, Father Powell...........the bonus has been I grasped the word Enough....and in the day.
To ask this of children alas is not possible. If we wholly regulate their lives through education or lack of it to a system of rules and regulations.....surely then we stifle growth and mystery.
Personally while I wholly endorse the rights of Children I am scared of a pre-election Constitutional Change (with unclear motives!). The wording is something similar to the motivation behind a 'Swiss Cheese' contract.....too many holes, for escapists.
Michelle
Quotation:
Privelege
'Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of the wonderful times to come.
Those who lead the country into the Abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.......
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) German Dramatist poet and committed Marxist.
But Einstein........Having acquired brain injury, I can identify with these views....
Military Glory - Albert Einstein - Austrian Born physicist
'He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilisation should be done away with at once.
Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is now different than murder'
There is a challenge....
Goodnight Sean