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    The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child establishes that every human being under 18 has inherent rights. It guarantees children rights to survival; to develop to the fullest; to protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation; and to participate fully in family, cultural and social life. The Convention covers civil rights and freedoms, family environment and alternative care, basic health and welfare, education, leisure, recreation and cultural activities. It requires governments to develop and undertake all actions in the best interests of children.

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    The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child establishes that every human being under 18 has inherent rights. It guarantees children rights to survival; to develop to the fullest; to protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation; and to participate fully in family, cultural and social life. The Convention covers civil rights and freedoms, family environment and alternative care, basic health and welfare, education, leisure, recreation and cultural activities. It requires governments to develop and undertake all actions in the best interests of children.

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    The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child establishes that every human being under 18 has inherent rights. It guarantees children rights to survival; to develop to the fullest; to protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation; and to participate fully in family, cultural and social life. The Convention covers civil rights and freedoms, family environment and alternative care, basic health and welfare, education, leisure, recreation and cultural activities. It requires governments to develop and undertake all actions in the best interests of children.

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    The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child establishes that every human being under 18 has inherent rights. It guarantees children rights to survival; to develop to the fullest; to protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation; and to participate fully in family, cultural and social life. The Convention covers civil rights and freedoms, family environment and alternative care, basic health and welfare, education, leisure, recreation and cultural activities. It requires governments to develop and undertake all actions in the best interests of children.

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    Convention on Rights of Child

    Summary of United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

    A child means every human being under the age of eighteen years, unless, under the applicable to the
    child, majority is attained earlier.

    Every child has the inherent right to life.

    Every child shall have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality, and the right to
    know and be cared for by his parents

    Every child has the right to preservation of his or her identity.

    Every child who is separated from his parents has the right to maintain personal relations and direct
    contact with both parents on a regular basis, except if it is contrary to the child's best interests.

    Every child has the right to leave any country, including their own.

    Every child has the right to express his/her own views freely in all matters affecting the.

    Every child has the right to freedom of expression.

    Every child has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

    Every child has the right to freedom of association and to freedom of peaceful assembly.

    Every child has the right to privacy.


    Every child has the right to protection of the law in case of interference or attacks on said privacy.

    Every child has the right to access information and material from a diversity of national and international
    sources, especially those aimed at the promotion of his/her social, spiritual and moral will-being and
    physical and mental health.

    Children of working parents have the right to benefit from child-care services and facilities for which
    they are eligible.

    Every child has the right to protection from all forms of abuse, physically or mentally.

    Every child temporarily or permanently deprived of his/her own family environment has the right to
    special protection and assistance provided by the state.

    Every child who is seeking refugee status has the right to receive appropriate protection and
    humanitarian assistance.

    Every mentally or physically disabled child has the right to enjoy a full and decent life, in conditions
    which ensure dignity and promote self-reliance.

    Every child has the right to the highest attainable standard of health and to facilities for the treatment of
    illness and the rehabilitation of health.

    Every child who has been "placed" by the competent authorities for the purposes of care has the right to
    a periodic review of the treatment provided the child and all other circumstances relevant to his/her
    placement.

    Every child has the right to benefit from social security, including social insurance.
    Every child has the right to a standard of living adequate for the child's physical, mental, spiritual, moral
    and social development.

    Every child has the right to education.

    Every child has the right to enjoy his/her own culture, to profess and practice his/her own religion and
    to use his/her own language.

    Every child has the to engage in play, recreational activities, and to participate freely in cultural life and
    the arts.

    Every child has the right to be protected from economic exploitation.

    Every child has the right to be protected from the illicit use of narcotic drugs, and from being used in the
    illicit production and trafficking of such substances.

    Every child has the right to be protected from all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse.

    Every child alleged as or accused of having infringed the penal law has the right to be presumed
    innocent until proven guilty.

    Every child has the right to prompt access to legal and other assistance.

    Neither capital punishment nor life imprisonment will be imposed for offenses committed by persons
    below 18 years of age.

    Every child has the right to protection during times of war.

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