The call has won backing from renowned child development expert Penelope Leach, who has written a paper ‘Babies are people – all people have rights, so what about babies’ rights?’
Dr Leach said, ‘Rights for babies will be a new idea to a lot of people and a silly idea to some.’
‘But universal recognition of the rights of people who are under one or two years old is both important and urgent. Important because human rights matter just as much (or more if that is possible) to very young, rapidly developing infants as to older children, adolescents or adults. Urgent because this youngest age-group is the most vulnerable to neglect and abuse and currently the most likely to die at the hands of parents, step-parents or ‘carers’.
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