Four Principles of Children Rights: B2 Spanish Reading
A B2 reading about Articles 2, 3, 6, and 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and their legal application.
Cuatro principios de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño
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What you'll learn
Legal vocabulary, child rights, and precise reading of obligations
The text explains the Convention adoption, its definition of a child, and four general principles: non-discrimination, best interests, life and development, and participation.
After reading
Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
entró en vigor
newentered into force
A rule entra en vigor when it begins to have legal effect.
This phrase is common in legal and historical texts.
sin distinción alguna
newwithout any distinction
The phrase emphasizes that no difference in treatment is accepted on the listed grounds.
It helps explain non-discrimination language.
una consideración primordial
newa primary consideration
Primordial gives the factor central weight, but the phrase does not make it the only factor.
It prevents an overly absolute reading of legal language.
en función de su edad y madurez
newaccording to their age and maturity
En función de shows that a decision depends on these two criteria.
It expresses that something varies according to conditions.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Treaty
tratado
international treaty
It is a written agreement between states governed by international law.
This is central vocabulary for understanding the Convention.
Jurisdiction
jurisdicción
jurisdiction
Here it means the area in which a state exercises legal authority.
It often appears in treaties and laws.
Survival
supervivencia
survival
It is the continuation of life despite risks or difficulties.
It is part of the wording of Article 6.
Development
desarrollo
development
Here it is the process of growing and expanding abilities.
It helps distinguish life from broader development.
View
opinión
view or opinion
It is an idea or judgment a person forms about a matter.
This is essential vocabulary for participation rights.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Passive voice with fue
fue adoptada
was adopted
Fue adoptada combines past ser with a feminine participle agreeing with Convención.
It highlights the event rather than the actor.
Salvo que with the subjunctive
salvo que la ley aplicable reconozca antes
unless the applicable law recognizes it earlier
Salvo que introduces a possible exception and takes reconozca in the subjunctive.
It expresses exceptions in formal writing.
Deber plus infinitive
deben garantizar los derechos
must guarantee the rights
Deben followed by garantizar expresses an obligation.
This is a basic structure in normative language.
Significar plus infinitive
no significa aceptar automáticamente
does not mean automatically accepting
Significa is followed by aceptar to explain what an action does not imply.
It helps qualify an overly broad interpretation.
Para que with the subjunctive
para que los niños puedan ejercer
so that children can exercise
Para que introduces a purpose and takes puedan in the subjunctive.
It explains the purpose of a measure.
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