The document outlines various articles from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child which establish obligations for states parties regarding children in vulnerable situations and the protection of children's rights. Key provisions discussed include requiring states to provide appropriate protection and assistance to refugee children (Article 22), ensure the rights of disabled children to special care and support (Article 23), provide access to health care and reduce disease and malnutrition (Article 24), and protect children's rights to education (Article 28), culture and religion (Article 30), rest and play (Article 31), and protection from exploitation, trafficking, torture and participation in armed conflicts (Articles 32-38).

1. Convention on the Rights of the
Child
Adopted by the General Assembly
of the United Nations on 20
November 1989
Article 22 - 41

2. Article 22 - State obligations to children
who are classed as refugees
Refugee
- a person who flees, esp. to a foreign country.
1.
State parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure that a
child shall receive appropriate protection and humanitarian
assistance in the enjoyment of applicable rights set forth in the
present Convention and in other international human rights or
humanitarian instruments to which the said States are Parties.

3. Article 23 – State Obligations to children
who are mentally or physically disabled
1. A mentally or physically disabled child should enjoy a full
and decent life, in conditions which ensure dignity, promote
self-reliance and facilitate the child’s active participation in
the community.
2. The
right
to
special
care
and
shall
encourage
extension, which is appropriate to the child’s condition.

4. 3. Assistance extended in accordance with par.2 shall be
provided FREE OF CHARGE, whenever possible, taking into
account the financial resources of the parents or others
caring for the child, and shall be designed to ensure that
the disabled child has effective access to and receives
education, training, health care services, rehabilitation
services, preparation for employment and recreation in a
manner conducive to the child’s achieving the fullest
possible
social
integration
and
individual
development, including his/her cultural and spiritual

5. Nick Vujicic was born with no arms
or legs - but he doesn't let the
details stop him.
The brave 26-year-old - who is
mainly torso - plays football and
golf, swims, and surfs, despite
having no limbs.
Nick has a small foot on his left
hip which helps him balance and
enables him to kick.
He uses his one foot to type, write
with a pen and pick things up
between his toes.

6. 4. Enabling State Parties to improve their capabilities and
skills to widen their experience in these areas through
promote exchange of appropriate information in the field
of health care, medical, psychological and functional
treatment of a disabled child.

7. Article 24 - State obligations to provide
child health care services
1.
The right of the child to have the highest attainable standard of health
and facilities for the treatment of illness and rehabilitation of health.
2.
State Parties has to pursue full implementation of this right and shall
take appropriate measures:
a. to diminish infant and child mortality
b. ensure provision of necessary medical assistance and health care
c. to combat disease and malnutrition
d. to ensure appropriate pre-natal and post-natal health care for
mothers
e. to ensure that ALL SEGMENTS of society have access to education
and are supported in the use of basic knowledge of child health and
nutrition, the advantages of breast feeding, hygiene and
environmental sanitation and the prevention of accidents

8. Article 25 - Children placed in physical or mental health
care settings have the right to a periodic review of their
circumstances and treatment

9. Article 28 - The child's right to education
a.
Make primary education compulsory and available free to all;
b.
Encourage the development of different forms of secondary education
(general and vocational education), including the offering of financial
assistance in case of need;
c.
Make higher education accessible to all on the basis of capacity by
every appropriate means;
d.
Make educational and vocational information and guidance available
and accessible to all children;
e.
Take measures to encourage regular attendance at schools and the
reduction of drop-out rates.

10. 2. State parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure
that school discipline is administered in a manner
consistent with the child’s human dignity and in conformity
with the present Convention.
3. Elimination of ignorance and illiteracy throughout the world
and facilitating access to particular account shall be taken of
the modest teaching methods.

11. Article 29 - The goals to which a child's education should
be directed, and the right of individual adults to establish
and direct educational institutions
1. State parties agree that the education of the child shall be directed
to:
a. the development of child’s personality, talents and mental and
physical abilities to their fullest potential
b. development of respect in human rights
c. development of respect for the child’s parents his or her own
cultural identity, language and values
d. the preparation of the child for responsible life in a free society
, in the spirit of understanding, peace, tolerance, equality of
sexes, and friendship among all ethnic, national and religious
groups and persons of indigenous origin;
e. respect for the natural environment.

12. Article 30 - The rights of children belonging to
ethnic, religious or linguistic minority groups
- A child belonging to such a minority or who is
indigenous shall not be denied the right, in
community with other members of his or her
group, to enjoy his culture, to profess and practice
his or her own religion, or to use his/her own
language.

13. Article 31 - The child's right to
rest, leisure and recreational activities
- A child has the right to play and participate freely in
cultural life and the arts. We should promote their
right to participate fully in cultural and artistic life.

14. Article 32 - The child's right to be
protected from economic exploitation

15. Article 33 - State obligations to protect
children from the illicit use of narcotic and
psychotropic drugs

16. Article 34 -
State obligations to protect
children from sexual exploitation and sexual
abuse

17. Article 35 -
State obligations to prevent the
abduction or trafficking of children
- State parties shall take all appropriate national, bilateral and
multilateral measures to prevent the abduction of, the sale of
or traffic in children for any purpose or in any form.

18. Article 36 -
State obligations to protect
children from all other forms of exploitation
prejudicial to the child's welfare
Exploitation of a child refers to the use
of the child in work or other activities
for the benefit of others and to the
detriment of the child’s physical or
mental
health,
education.
development,
and

19. Article 37 -
State obligations to ensure that
children are not subjected to torture, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishments, including capital
punishment or life imprisonment without the possibility
of release

20. Article 38
- State obligations to ensure that
children under fifteen years do not take a direct
part in wars or other hostilites, and to protect
and care for children affected by armed conflict

21. Article 39 -
State obligations to promote
physical and psychological recovery of child
victims of torture, degrading treatment or armed
conflict

22. Article 40 -
State obligations concerning
children who infringe penal laws
Infringe – to fail to conform with, violate.

23. Article 41 -
No part of the Convention shall
override provisions contained in State laws which
are more conducive to children's rights