The hope, vision and commitment of world leaders in 1989 led to the Convention. Today’s children face new threats to their rights, but they also have new opportunities to realize their rights. Childhoods continue to be cut short when children are forced to leave school, do hazardous work, get married, fight in wars or are locked up in adult prisons.Īnd global changes, like the rise of digital technology, environmental change, prolonged conflict and mass migration are completely changing childhood. Millions of children continue to suffer violations of their rights when they are denied adequate health care, nutrition, education and protection from violence. It has also enabled more children to have their voices heard and participate in their societies.Ĭhildhood today: new threats, new opportunitiesĭespite this progress, the Convention is still not fully implemented or widely known and understood. It has inspired governments to change laws and policies and make investments so that more children finally get the health care and nutrition they need to survive and develop, and there are stronger safeguards in place to protect children from violence and exploitation. The Convention is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history. The Convention went on to become the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history and has helped transform children’s lives. The Convention says childhood is separate from adulthood, and lasts until 18 it is a special, protected time, in which children must be allowed to grow, learn, play, develop and flourish with dignity. Rather, they are human beings and individuals with their own rights.
They made a promise to every child to protect and fulfil their rights, by adopting an international legal framework – the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.Ĭontained in this treaty is a profound idea: that children are not just objects who belong to their parents and for whom decisions are made, or adults in training.
Against the backdrop of a changing world order world leaders came together and made a historic commitment to the world’s children. What is the Convention on the Rights of the Child?
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