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The Rights of Children in Italy PERSPECTIVES IN THE THIRD SECTOR Supplementary Report to the United Nations Summary Summary 2 Working group on the Convention on the rights of the child 4 Introduction 6 I Implementation of the UN Convention in Italy 8 II Definition of a child in the Italian legal system (Art. 1) 11 III. Enforcement of the General Principles of the Convention 13 Foreword 13 1. Non-discrimination (Art.2) 13 2. The best interests of the child (Art. 3) 15 3. The right to life, survival and development (Art. 6) 15 4. Respect for the views of the child (Art. 12) 16 IV. Civil rights and freedoms 18 Foreword 18 1. Freedom of thought, conscience and religion (Art. 14) 18 2. Freedom of association (Art. 15) 20 3. Children and the media (Art. 17) 21 4. Right not to be torture or treated or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (Art. 37 a) 23 V. The family environment 24 Introduction 24 1. Family reunification for foreign children (Art. 10) 25 2. Illicit transfer and non-returns: international child abduction (Art. 11) 27 3. Children removed from their families and deprived of their family environment (Art. 20) 28 a) Adoption and Fostering 28 b) Alternative care in family-like sheltered communities and public or private child-care institutions 30 4. Adoption (Art. 21) 33 a) Intercountry adoption 34 5. Distance child support 35 6. Temporary entry into Italy for holidays or health-related reasons 37 VI. Child abuse and exploitation 38 1. Sexual abuse and exploitation (Art. 34) 38 a) Introduction 38 b) Sexual abuse 39 c) Pornography and sexual tourism 41 d) Juvenile prostitution and child trafficking for the purpose of prostitution 43 2. Economic exploitation: child labour (Art. 32) 45 VII. Health and welfare 48 1. Right to life, health and well-being (Art. 6) 48 a) Voluntary interruption of pregnancy for young women 48 b) Socially rooted disorders: bullying, bulimia and anorexia, drug abuse 49 c) The environment and children 52 2.