UNCRC Explained
On the 20th November 1989, the United Nations approved the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention is an international agreement that countries must obey. The UK government signed up to the Convention on December 6th 1991.
The main points of the UNCRC are:
- All the rights guaranteed by the Convention must be available to all children without discrimination (Article 2)
- That the best interests of the child must always come first (Article 3)
- Children's views must be considered and taken into account in all matters affecting them (Article 12)
- All children have the right to life, survival and development (Article 6)
To read the full UN Convention on the Rights of the Child online click here.
Alternately you can find out more about the UNCRC and the Committee that monitors its implementation in all the countries that have ratified it via the United Nations website.