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Direct Aim
To identify that the Provision, Protection and Participation rights in the Convention are entitled to every child.
Indirect Aim1. To know that all children are entitled to the Convention rights.
2. To appreciate the need to promote and respect the dignity of children. 3. To discover the 3-Step-Tool as an effective means of advocacy. |
Empowerment Inclusion Dignity Rights
Introduction Sub-Unit Focus
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Convention Articles that Relate to this Right:
Article 1
For the purposes of the present Convention, a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier.
Article 2
1. States Parties shall respect and ensure the rights set forth in the present Convention to each child within their jurisdiction without discrimination of any kind, irrespective of the child's or his or her parent's or legal guardian's race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status.
2. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that the child is protected against all forms of discrimination or punishment on the basis of the status, activities, expressed opinions, or beliefs of the child's parents, legal guardians, or family members.
For the purposes of the present Convention, a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier.
Article 2
1. States Parties shall respect and ensure the rights set forth in the present Convention to each child within their jurisdiction without discrimination of any kind, irrespective of the child's or his or her parent's or legal guardian's race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status.
2. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that the child is protected against all forms of discrimination or punishment on the basis of the status, activities, expressed opinions, or beliefs of the child's parents, legal guardians, or family members.
Unit Resources and References
Humanium Help the Children - Right to Freedom: Understanding children's right to freedom
Equitas - International Centre for Human Rights Education is a non-profit organization that works for the advancement of equality, social justice and respect for human dignity in Canada and around the world through transformative human rights education programs.
Equitas
Rights of the Child - Intermediate: Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario
Youth for Human Rights
Equitas - International Centre for Human Rights Education is a non-profit organization that works for the advancement of equality, social justice and respect for human dignity in Canada and around the world through transformative human rights education programs.
Equitas
Rights of the Child - Intermediate: Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario
Youth for Human Rights
