Islands don’t comply with Children’s Rights treaty

 LEIDEN--The situation under which more than 90,000 children grow up in the Dutch Caribbean does not comply with the International Treaty of Children's Rights. Too many children on the islands grow up in an unsafe and unhealthy environment.

  That is one of the main conclusions of the extensive research by the Dutch branch of the United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF on all six islands. UNICEF Nederland, which interviewed several hundred children, youngsters and experts, is calling on governments to take action to improve the situation of children's rights.

  A true Kingdom takes care of its children, was the common consensus at the Kingdom Children Symposium that was held at th...