The family is the foundation of society’s present and future
The Constitution declares the family the basic unit of society; it is under the protection of society and the state. Family relations rest on equality of the rights of men and women, freedom of marriage and equal rights of spouses. Marriage requires the voluntary consent of both sides, and the marriage age is 18 for girls and boys; forcing someone into marriage or preventing a marriage is contrary to law. The law does not allow marriage of a person already married, of close relatives, or of persons a court has recognised as legally incapable. Parents must support and bring up their children until adulthood and ensure their education; orphans and children left without parental care are supported and educated by the state and society. A child is a person under 18; the child’s rights are set out in the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and in Uzbekistan’s law “On guarantees of the rights of the child” (2008): life, development, a name and citizenship, upbringing in a family, education, a life free of violence and respect for dignity.
“Petals of children’s rights”: the class writes one right of the child on each petal of a big flower (life, education, name, family, protection) and adds one real-life example to each.