\u201cViejos" y "nuevos" derechos del ni\uf1o. Un enfoque te\uf3rico

The article analyzes some theoretical issues that arise from the process of \u201cspecification\u201d of the human rights in relation to children. The author takes into consideration both \u201cold\u201d children\u2019s rights, that is, the first rights to have obtained legal recognition, as well as \u201cnew\u201d rights, those abscrived to children by the Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989. The first refer to social rights (such the right to health or education), which content is determined by \u201cpositives\u201d duties of third parties. The second refer to the enjoyment of certain liberties \u2013 of expression, of thought, of religion, of protection of private life \u2013, which are usually understood as the object of "negative" rights. In both cases, the purpose is to underline how the relationship between children and rights is, even if problematic, theoretically useful insofar as it allows to question the liberal conception of human rights, at least in its more traditional version