English and Sri Lankan national crickets will participate in a coaching campaign where a selected number of forty children starting from the age groups of under eight to under sixteen will be guided through basics by the cricket stars themselves in UNICEFS Convention on the child’s ‘Right to Play’
The coaching campaign will start of at 1:45 pm local time at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium on the Saturday the 06th Of December 2014.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is a child specific human rights treaty which states that every girl and boy has the right to survive and be healthy; to be guaranteed a right to education, and have protection from violence, abuse and neglect. It requires that states act in the best interest of the child. Nations that ratify this convention are bound to it by an international law and compliance is monitored by the UN Committee on the Rights of a Child.
The UN General Assembly adopted the Convention in 1989, changing the way children were viewed and treated. Children were now human beings with a distinct set of rights instead of passive objects of charity. Since 1989, 194 States have ratified this celebrated agreement. This unprecedented acceptance of the convention clearly shows a wide global commitment to advocating children’s rights.
To mark this historic occasion and to reaffirm the relevance of the CRC, UNICEF, has been celebrating the CRC@25 through various activities events and engagements internationally.
A child’s right to play is just one of the many articles in the CRC. Sports are not luxuries reserved for a few they are every child’s right. Organizations around the world are increasingly recognizing and harnessing the power of sport and play to meet children’s needs. It is with this in mind that The Ministry of Sports along with the English and Sri Lanka Cricket Boards join hands with UNICEF to draw attention to the ‘Right to Play’.
