Children's Rights
Children and young people have the same general human rights as adults and also specific rights that recognize their special needs. Children are neither the property of their parents nor are they helpless objects of charity. They are human beings and are the subject of their own rights.
“Child Rights and Why They Matter.” Unicef.org, 2019, www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention/child-rights-why-they-matter.
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Rights of the ChildThe United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child – The Children's Version
Videos
Books in the HIS Library
For Every Child : the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Words and PicturesCall Number: E 323.352 CASISBN: 0099408651Publication Date: 2002
I Have the Right to Be a Child by Call Number: E 323.352 SERISBN: 9781554981496Publication Date: 2012
Our Rights : How Kids Are Changing the World by Call Number: E 303.48 WILISBN: 9781926920955Publication Date: 2013
Online Resources
“Child Rights and Why They Matter.” Unicef.org, 2019, www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention/child-rights-why-they-matter.
"Children’s Rights." Britannica Student Encyclopedia: An A to Z Encyclopedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2015. Gale In Context: Elementary, link.gale.com/apps/doc/WOFJDG140063211/ITKE?u=vnhis&sid=ITKE&xid=17c0787c.
"Kids Take Action. (Citizenship News)." Weekly Reader, Edition 4 [including Science Spin], vol. 83, no. 23, 5 Apr. 2002, p. 3+. Gale In Context: Elementary, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A84644740/ITKE?u=vnhis&sid=ITKE&xid=44403251.
Renaud, Anne. "The Power of All." Skipping Stones, vol. 16, no. 5, Nov.-Dec. 2004, p. 31+. Gale In Context: Elementary, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A124861122/ITKE?u=vnhis&sid=ITKE&xid=7ead016e.