Philosophy and Children's Rights

Maturity is a period of life that divides human life into two parts: the first part consists in childhood that ranges from the embryonic life and ends up in maturity. This period enjoys its own rules and rights including the right of life, the right of education, and subordination as adumbrated in the religion. The second period marks the period of responsibility and is indeed the continuation of a movement or is a kind of turning point and every man in the course of his life will enjoy vindication of rights. This issue changed into a controversial issue among the jurists in the case of girls. With reference to certain traditions (riwayah) some people consider 9 as the age of maturity, while some others oppose this view and argue that such verdicts are not compatible with the facts and consider 13 as the age of maturity. Again there are some other people who consider such criminal liability in such period of life as the violation of human rights and stress on 18 as the age of maturity. The author of the present article seeks to substantiate the popular view. Drawing on some philosophical presuppositions he considers it as a natural phenomenon and is of the view that it is for jurists to unveil it. The opposing view also have been criticized and considered it as against the rights of child.