Children Rights

The Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Child was adopted on November 20, 1959.
   

Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Child       (English text)

   
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(these links will take you to the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights)

   
   
But for child rights to carry the weight of international law, a Convention was required. In 1989, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a special human rights convention for children - the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child states that every child has a right to good food, shelter, education and play, the right to say what they think and to be listened to, and the right to protection from abuse. By now more than 190 countries have signed it. But children around the world still die from diseases that can easily be treated or immunised against, still have to work long hours instead of going to school or playing, still are recruited into armies as soldiers, still are discriminated against because of their gender, race or ethnic background, still are neglected, abused, and exposed to violence and harmful drugs.

Convention on the Rights of the Child    (English text)

   
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(these links will take you to the website of UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund)

      
Or follow these links for some child-friendly versions of the CRC:          12