Understanding this framework is important to promoting, protecting and realizing children’s rights because the Convention on the Rights of the Child – and the rights and duties contained in it – …

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an important agreement by countries who have promised to protect children’s rights. The Convention explains who children are, all their rights, and the responsibilities of governments.

Children are neither the property of their parents nor are they helpless objects of charity. They are human beings and are the subject of their own rights. The Convention on the Rights of the Child sets out the rights that must be realized for children to develop to their full potential.

Children's rights includes their right to association with both parents, human identity as well as the basic needs for physical protection, food, universal state-paid education, health care, and criminal laws appropriate for the age and development of the child, equal protection of the child's civil rights, and freedom from discrimination on the...

Whatever their age, all children have human rights, just as adults do. This includes the right to speak out and express opinions, as well as rights to equality, health, education, a clean …

Mar 18, 2025 · We are working to help protect the rights of children around the world, so they can learn safely, be treated fairly, and thrive as they grow into adults.

Mar 15, 2022 · All children everywhere are entitled to human rights, fundamental freedoms, dignity and equality under international human rights law. Children have the same general human rights as adults and also specific rights that recognize their special needs.

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to defend children's rights in a number of ways. With UNICEF's help, and inspired by the CRC, governments have changed laws and policies and made investments so that more children could get what they need to thrive and reach their full potential.

Children's rights are enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most widely-ratified international human rights treaty, and its three Optional Protocols to the Convention, on involvement of children in armed conflict, on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and on a communications procedure.

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is an important, legally binding agreement signed by 196 countries (as of 12 July 2022) which outlines the fundamental rights of every child, regardless of their race, religion or abilities.