The document discusses Universal Children's Day and children's rights according to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It outlines several key articles of the convention, including the rights of children to an identity, survival and development, participation, protection from abuse and mistreatment, healthcare and a safe environment, education, and protection from exploitative labor.

1. Universal
Children’s Day
The UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child
and Plan’s work
Article 1 – Everyone under 18 has
the rights that are outlined in the
UN’s Convention on the Rights of the
Child.

2. Article 2 – No child should
be treated unfairly on any
bases –
race, colour, sex, religion, a
bility, or any other status.

3. Articles 7 & 8 – All children
have the right to a name and an
identity, including an official
record of who they are.

4. Article 6 – Children have the right to survival and development.

5. Article 12 – Children have the right to participate and give their
opinion, and for adults to listen and take it seriously.

6. Articles 19 & 32 – Children have the right to be protected from being
hurt and mistreated, and to be free from sexual abuse.

7. Article 24 – Children have the right to the best possible healthcare, clean
water, nutritious food and a safe environment.

8. Article 28 – Children have the right to a good quality education and
should be encouraged to go to school to the highest level they can.
Photo credit: Paolo Black for the Young Health Programme

9. Article 32 – Children have
the right to protection from
work that harms them and
that is bad for their health &
education. If they do
work, they have the right to
be paid fairly.

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