Divorce special: What about the children?

A child’s rights are just as important as those of divorcing parents.

Children are perhaps the worst affected by any relationship break-up. However much two adults may despise each other, it’s not fair to use the children as pawns – but that is often what happens.

Article 7 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child says that a child has the right to be cared for by his parents ...