Art. 4 The AAVE Group in its Policy on Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults is governed the “Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Child” (adopted by the United Nations General Assembly of 20 November 1959 and ratified by Brazil), by the Brazilian “Estatuto da Crianca e Adolescente” Law N º. 8069 of 13/07/1990 (Statute of Children and Adolescents. This document is often referred to as ECA), and by the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (adopted by the United Nations on Dec 10, 1948).
Art. 5 In the Declaration of the Rights of the Child we emphasize:
a) Principle 2: The child shall enjoy special protection and shall be given opportunities and facilities, by law and by other means, to enable him/her to develop physically, mentally, morally, spiritually and socially in a healthy and normal manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity
b) Principle 8: The child shall in all circumstances be among the first to receive protection and relief.
c) Principle 9: The child shall be protected against all forms of neglect, cruelty and exploitation. S/he shall not be the subject of traffic, in any form.
d) Principle 10: The child shall be protected from practices which may foster racial, religious and any other form of discrimination. S/he shall be brought up in a spirit of understanding, tolerance, friendship among peoples, and peace……
Art. 6 In the Statute of Children and Adolescents we emphasize the following articles:
a) Article 2 of ECA, (Law N º. 8069/90) states: a person is a child until the age of twelve years, and an adolescent is a person between twelve and eighteen years of age.
b) Article 3: The child and adolescent enjoy all the fundamental rights inherent to the individual, without prejudice to the full protection of this law, assuring to them by law or by other means, all the opportunities and facilities in order to provide them with physical, mental, moral, spiritual and social development in conditions of freedom and dignity.
c) Article 4: It is the duty of the family, community, society and the government to ensure, with absolute priority, effective implementation of the rights to life, health, nutrition, education, sports, leisure, professional training, culture, dignity, respect, freedom and family and community.
d) Article 7: Children and adolescents are entitled to protection of life and health, through effective implementation of public social policies that allow the birth and healthy and harmonious development;
e) Article 53: Children and adolescents have the right to education, aiming at full development of the person, preparation for the exercise of citizenship and qualification for employment.
Sole Paragraph: Our policy is also governed by Article 227 of the Federal Constitution of Brazil of 1988 which states: It is the duty of the family, society and the State to ensure children and adolescents, with absolute priority, the right to life, health, food, education, leisure, professional training, culture, dignity, respect, freedom, family and community, keeping them safe from all forms of neglect, discrimination, exploitation, violence, cruelty and oppression.
Art. 7 In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we emphasize:
a) Article 6: Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
b) Article 7: All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.
c) Article 16: …. the family is the natural and fundamental group unity of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
