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A new report from Human Rights Watch spells out how the United States falls far below international standards on protecting children.by Jo Becker, Callie King-Guffey September 21, 20224:22 PMThe U.S. record on protecting our children is abysmal. We try them as adults. Child marriage is still happening. So is corporal punishment and child labor.The United
The assessment is based on an international child rights convention, but the United States is the only U.N. member not to have adopted the treaty.
An F. A failing grade. That's what Michigan gets for its laws concerning child marriage and corporal punishment in our state.
United States state laws overwhelmingly fail to meet international child rights standards, with the vast majority failing to protect children from child marriage, hazardous child labor, extreme prison sentences, and violent treatment.
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Human Rights Watch compiled a scorecard of state laws grading states' juvenile justice, child labor, child marriage and corporal punishment laws. No state received a "B" or an "A." Only four got a "C." Florida got a "D."