Miten YK määrittelee lapsen ja hänen oikeutensa?

Milloin lapsi on ihminen ja ihmisoikeuksien piirissä?
YK:n kanta asiaan on täysin yksiselitteinen. Lasta pitää suojella mm. surmaamiselta mukavuusabortissa.

Lapsi on äitinsä kohdusta 18 vuotiaaksi asti lapsen oikeuksien - vahvistettujen ihmisoikeuksien - piirissä:

"Who is a child?
The Convention defines a child as a human being up to the age of 18. The idea that children have special needs has now given way to the conviction that children have the same spectrum of rights as adults: civil and political, social, cultural and economic. Under the Convention, children’s rights should be implemented without discrimination of any kind, all actions and policies should be guided by the best interests of the child, the participation of children should always be sought and all actions should aim at the promotion of the survival and development of children."

YK katsoo, että lapselle pitää antaa samat oikeudet kuin aikuisellekin ihmiselle. Lasta ei saa syrjiä, kaikkien toimien pitää tukea lapsen etua, lapsen etujen ja hänen kehittymisensä on lapsen oikeuksien tavoite. Näin on yksiselitteisesti selvää, että lapsen tappaminen äitinsä kohtuun mukavuusabortissa on ihmisoikeusrikos ja loukkaus lapsen oikeuksia vastaan.

YK:n lapsen oikeuksien julistus ja - sopimus määrittelvät lapsen oikeudet ml. juridiset kuuluviksi lapselle jo äitinsä kohdussa:

"...Bearing in mind that, as indicated in the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, "the child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth..."

YK:n pääsihteeri Kofi Annan toteaa lapsen olevan laspen oikeuksien piirissä äitinsä kohdusta 18 ikävuoteen saakka. Hänen tulee tällöin nauttia vahvoja ihmisoikeuksia:

CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
“The principle of ‘all children, all rights’ is still much too far from being a
reality.” Kofi Annan, in “ The Progress of Nations 2000

YK:n lapsen oikeuksien sopimus on juridisesti sitova sopimus jota ei saisi loukata:

"A legally binding instrument

The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights—civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights. In 1989, world leaders decided that children needed a special convention just for them because people under 18 years old often need special care and protection that adults do not. The leaders also wanted to make sure that the world recognized that children have human rights too.

The Convention sets out these rights in 54 articles and two Optional Protocols. It spells out the basic human rights that children everywhere have: the right to survival; to develop to the fullest; to protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation; and to participate fully in family, cultural and social life. The four core principles of the Convention are non-discrimination; devotion to the best interests of the child; the right to life, survival and development; and respect for the views of the child. Every right spelled out in the Convention is inherent to the human dignity and harmonious development of every child. The Convention protects children's rights by setting standards in health care; education; and legal, civil and social services.

By agreeing to undertake the obligations of the Convention (by ratifying or acceding to it), national governments have committed themselves to protecting and ensuring children's rights and they have agreed to hold themselves accountable for this commitment before the international community. States parties to the Convention are obliged to develop and undertake all actions and policies in the light of the best interests of the child."

YK:n tarkka dokumentaatio osoittaa, että lapsen surmaaminen mukavuusabortissa on mitä vakavin ja kammottavin ihmisoikeusrikos. Valtiot ja henkilöt jotka surmaamat lapsia äitinsä kohtuun rikkovat YK:n lapsen oikeuksia eli ihmisoikeuksia.