What is the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CROC) and what does it do.
Describes for children and young people some of the major issues covered by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and links these to particular articles in the Convention. Australia
All children have the same rights - a poster
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CROC) in poster format and in child-friendly language. Canada
Children's rights in their words
Children's rights are listed in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention is an agreement by almost every country in the world to do what is best for children. Canada .
Playing a part - children's right to participate
Articles taken from CROC and rewritten for children to help them to understand and exercise their right to participate and to be heard. Canada
Children's right to reach their potential - our right to develop who we are
Articles taken from CROC and written for children to help them understand their right to a name, nationality and family ties - their right to identity - and to have decisions made in their best interests. Canada.
Children's right to protection and to be free from harm
Articles taken from CROC and written for children to help them understand their right to protection and to be free from harm. Canada
Burning questions about the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Young peoples questions about the Convention on the Rights of the Child written so that the young reader can engage with them. Canada
Children's right to thrive and to survive
Articles taken from CROC and written for children to help them understand the things that underpin their right to survive and thrive such as the right to be with their parents, to health care and to additional supports and protections if they can no longer live with their families. Canada
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