Challenges facing the protection of the economic, social and cultural rights of migrant children guaranteed under the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child

Abstract

At various levels have been implemented to protect migrant children, many international and regional conventions on the protection of this category of children, including economic, social and cultural rights, state that the 1989 convention on the rights of the child constitutes an important step in establishing a legal arsenal through the existence of rights for all children, including migrant children.

However, migrant children, especially those in an illegal situation, face many challenges that prevent the protection of their economic, social, and cultural rights.

This article aims to treat to which extent the convention on the rights of the child has protected the economic, social, and cultural rights of the migrant children in particular, and to identify the challenges that this protection face and ways to overcome or reduce their severity and improve the capabilities of the receiving state to protect the rights of migrants.