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UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

On 20 November 1989, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The adoption of the UNCRC was a major achievement for children, and has provided the basis for greatly increased accountability for the realisation of children’s rights at national level. Nearly all governments in the world have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and there is no doubt that many positive changes have come about in the lives of children thanks to the Convention. However, there is no country in the world where all rights for all children are fulfilled.

As long ago as 1923, Save the Children’s founder, Eglantyne Jebb, wrote the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. She proposed five fundamental principles for children’s rights, which were important when the Convention was established. Save the Children has a strong, long-standing commitment to the advancement of all children’s rights, for every child, everywhere – in both emergency and longer-term development contexts. This commitment goes right back to the early years of the organisation’s foundation and is now part of the organisation’s DNA. 

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  1. Protection at Save the Children Jordan

    This video introduces a child protection programme, which focuses on child protection within Syrian refugee communities. Produced by Save the Children Jordan, the programme employs a variety of techniques, including the child-friendly ‘ Safe You Safe Me ’

    Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): Save the Children Jordan

  2. Sistematización de las recomendaciones del Comité de los Derechos del Niño relacionadas con la inversión en la infancia y la adolescencia en América Latina y el Caribe (LAC)

    In an environment marked by injustice and discrimination that offends human dignity, EQUIDAD aims with Mission EQUITY to promote equal opportunities for wellbeing for all, through political momentum of the public based on a human rights approach, through

    Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): EQUIDAD, Centro de Políticas Públicas y Derechos Humanos Author(s): Raynal, Delphine | Mendoza, Rodolofo

  3. Det Handlar om Demokrati: Om konsten att öka barns inflytande över kommunala beslut

    How do you include children in political decision making processes? The Convention on the Rights of the Child gives children the right to have influence over those decisions that affect them – but how should this happen, both ethically and practically? Sw

    Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): Save the Children Sweden Author(s): Fyrk, Karin | Vaihinen, Eva | Thornblad, Helene

  4. Is the World a Better Place for Children? 25 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

    This publication is part of the celebration of 25 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). A statistical analysis is first given of progress in child rights since the adoption of the CRC. This study provides information on advances in chi

    Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund Author(s): Lake, Anthony | Sandberg, Kirsten | Watkins, Kevin | Heymann, Jody | Raub ...

  5. Is the World a Better Place for Children? A statistical analysis of progress since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

    Is the world a better place for children? In this study marking 25 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), UNICEF employs statistical analysis techniques to examine how the world’s changes over the past 25 years of the CRC have impacted

    Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund

  6. Delivery on the Promise for Children is Long Overdue: 25 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

    Written by Kevin Watkins, Executive Director of the Overseas Development Institute, this essay analogizes a speech by Martin Luther King Jr. on the “fierce urgency of now” in upholding the pledge for justice made in the “promissory note” of the American C

    Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund Author(s): Watkins, Kevin

  7. What it Would Mean to Fulfil its Potential: 25 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

    This publication looks forward and, based on the changes that have already been accomplished, looks at what the successful implementation of the articles of Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) would entail. These changes include those articles tha

    Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund Author(s): Heymann, Jody | Raub, Amy

  8. The State of the World’s Children 2015: Reimagine the future

    This edition of The State of the World’s Children, published by UNICEF, is in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The report is available in two formats: as a digital report and as a normal publication. The

    Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund

  9. 25 Leaders, 25 Voices for Children- 25 Líderes, 25 Voces por la niñez

    As part of the celebration of the 25 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Regional Office of UNICEF for Latin America and the Caribbean is implementing an informational campaign in partnership with the Spanish News Agency EFE. This camp

    Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund

  10. Things that Matter: Small voices hold a powerful message, 25 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

    Developed from a speech given by UNICEF Australia Young Ambassador Catherine Yen during National Children's Week at Parliament House Canberra, this publication advocates for child participation and a greater integration of children's voices in policy deve

    Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund Author(s): Yen, Catherine

  11. The Right to Education for All Children

    This publication is part of a series released by UNICEF in promotion of the celebration of 25 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). In this publication, Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO for Bulgaria, shares both the accompl

    Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund Author(s): Bokova, Irina

  12. Protecting Children's Rights: Europe should do more

    Nils Muižnieks is a human rights activist and political scientist who has served as Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights since April 2012. This publication is in celebration of 25 years of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Chil

    Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights Author(s): Muižnieks, Nils

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