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The 1996 Constitution Review Group recommended: [8] [9] an express guarantee of certain rights of the child, which fall to be interpreted by the courts from the concept of 'family life', which might include; a) the right of every child to be registered immediately after birth and to have from birth a name
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The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY) is a publicly funded post, with responsibility for protecting children's rights as set out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Nigel Williams was the Commissioner from its introduction in 2003 until his death in 2006.
The amendment was opposed by the Labour Party, [8] the Green Party, [8] and Sinn Féin, [8] as well as the Irish Human Rights Commission, a statutory body, and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, a civil society non-profit organisation. [8] It was also opposed by Northern Ireland's SDLP, as Irish citizenship is an option for people born there.
The Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (Act No. 9 of 2015, bill no. 14 of 2015) amended family law in Ireland to extend parental rights and responsibilities to non-traditional families. It simplifies adoption rights for the spouse or civil partner of a biological parent , and for a long-term domestic partner .
The government made other legislative changes to address the issues identified in that referendum campaign, including the social welfare and pension rights of divorced spouses, which were copper fastened, and the abolition of the status of illegitimacy to remove any distinction between the rights of the children of first and subsequent unions. [1]
Children's rights or the rights of children are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors. [1] The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) defines a child as "any human being below the age of eighteen years, unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier."
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