Introduction Supplementary 

KIDPROJ UNICEF01
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From W.J.Parks@durham.ac.uk Mon Dec 20 03:16:24 1993
 
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WEEK 1: Introduction supplementary.
 
Below is a brief summary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
See  how many of these rights you have come up with in your own lists,
stories, dialogues **before** looking at the  list  below.  See  which
rights  you have thought of which coincide with the Convention. If you
could only choose 15 of the rights below which ones would  you  choose
and why?
 
Send in your choices and reasons to: KIDPROJ@VM1.NODAK.EDU
with the subject heading: *UNICEF: RIGHT CHOICES*
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THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD:
So that everyone has some information on the Rights of the Child...
 
The  Convention  defines  a child as a person under 18 unless national
law recognizes that the age of majority is reached  earlier.  (Article
1)
 
All  the  rights  laid  down  in  the  Convention are to be enjoyed by
children  regardless  of  race,  colour,  sex,   language,   religion,
political  or  other  opinion,  national,  ethnic  or  social  origin,
property, disability, birth or other status. (Article 2)
 
All  actions concerning the child should be in his/her best interests.
(Article 3)
 
The  State's obligation to translate the rights of the Convention into
reality. (Article 4)
 
The State should respect the rights and responsibilities of parents to
provide guidance appropriate to the child's capacities. (Article 5)
 
 
 
EVERY CHILD HAS:
 
The right to life. (Article 6)
 
The  right  to  a  name and a nationality and, as far as possible, the
right to know and to be cared for by his/her parents. (Article 7)
 
The rights to protection of his/her identity by the state. (Article 8)
 
The  right  to  live  with  her/his  parents  unless incompatible with
her/his best interests. (Article 9)
 
The  right,  if  desired,  to  maintain  personal relations and direct
contact with both parents if separated from one or both. (Article 9)
 
The right to leave and enter her/his own country, and other countries,
for  purposes of reunion with parents and maintaining the child-parent
relationship. (Article 10)
 
The  right  to  protection  by  the  State if unlawfully taken or kept
abroad by a parent. (Article 11)
 
The  right  to  freely  express  an  opinion  in all matters affecting
her/him and to have that opinion taken into account. (Article 12)
 
The  right  to  express  views,  and  obtain  and  transmit  ideas and
information regardless of frontiers. (Article 13)
 
The  right  to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, subject to
appropriate parental guidance. (Article 14)
 
The  right  to  meet  together  with  other children and join and form
associations. (Article 15)
 
The  right to protection from arbitrary and unlawful interference with
privacy, family, home and correspondence, and from libel and  slander.
(Article 16)
 
The  right  of access to information and materials from a diversity of
sources and of protection from harmful materials. (Article 17)
 
The  right  to  benefit  from  child-rearing assistance and child-care
services and facilities provided to parents/guardians  by  the  state.
(Article 18)
 
The  right  to  protection  from  maltreatment  by  parents  or others
responsible for her/his care. (Article 19)
 
The right to protection is s/he is temporarily or permanently deprived
of  her/his  family  environment,  due  regard  being  paid to her/his
cultural background. (Article 20)
 
The  right, in countries where adoption is allowed, to have it ensured
that an adoption is carried out in her/his  best  interests.  (Article
21)
 
The right, if a refugee, to special protection. (Article 22)
 
The  right,  if  disabled,  to special care, education and training to
help her/him enjoy a full  life  inconditions  which  ensure  dignity,
promote  self-reliance and a full and active life in society. (Article
23)
 
The  right  to  the  highest  standard  of  health  and  medical  care
attainable. (Article 24)
 
The  right, if placed by the State for purposes of care, protection or
treatment, to have all aspects of that placement regularly  evaluated.
(Article 25)
 
The right to benefit from social security. (Article 26)
 
The  right  to  a  standard  of  living adequate for her/his physical,
mental, spiritual, moral and social development. (Article 27)
 
The  right  to education, including free primary education. Discipline
to be consistent with a child's human dignity. (Article 28)
 
The  right  to  an  education  which  prepares  him/her for an active,
responsible, life as an adult in a free society which respects  others
and the environment. (Article 29)
 
The  right,  if a member of a minority community or indigenous people,
to enjoy her/his own culture, to practise her/his own religion and use
her/his own language. (Article 30)
 
The right to rest and leisure, to engage in play and to participate in
recreational, cultural and artistic activities. (Article 31)
 
The  right  to  protection from economic exploitation and work that is
hazardous, interferes with her/his education or harms  her/his  health
or physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development. (Article
32)
 
The right to protection from narcotic drugs and from being involved in
their production and distribution. (Article 33)
 
The  right  to protection from sexual exploitation and abuse. (Article
34)
 
The  right  to  protection  from  being  abducted, sold or trafficked.
(Article 35)
 
The right to protection from all other forms of exploitation. (Article
36)
 
The  right  not  to be subjected to torture or degrading treatment. If
detained,  not  to  be  kept  with  adults,  sentenced  to  death  nor
imprisoned  for  life without the possibility of release. The right to
legal assistance and contact with family. (Article 37)
 
The  right,  if  below 15 years of age, not to be recruited into armed
forces nor to engage in direct hostilities. (Article 38)
 
The right, if victim of armed conflict, torture, neglect, maltreatment
or exploitation, to receive appropriate treatment for her/his physical
and  psychological  recovery  and reintegration into society. (Article
39)
 
The  right,  if  accused  or  guilty  of  committing  an  offence,  to
age-appropriate treatment likely to promote her/his sense  of  dignity
and  worth  and  her/his  reintegration  as  a  constructive member of
society. (Article 40)
 
The  right  to  be  informed of these principles and provisions by the
state in which s/he lives. (Article 42)
 
[The  Convention  has  54  Articles  in  all.  Articles  41  to 54 are
concerned with its implementation and entry into force]

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