They do not have the same abilities as adults to protect or care for themselves. That is why the League of Nations approved the Geneva Declaration on the Rights of the Child in 1924, and why the international community adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989.
纽约—我们早就知道，儿童是一个特殊群体。他们无法选择父母，更不用说更广义的出生环境了。他们没有如同成人那样的保护或照看自己的能力。因此，国际联盟在1924年通过了日内瓦儿童权利宣言，国际社会也在1989年实施了儿童权利公约。