Article 1
Everyone under 18 is a child.
Article 2
All rights apply to all children without exception.
Article 3
All organisations concerned with children should work towards what is best for each child.
Article 4
Governments should undertake all appropriate legislative, administrative, and other measures, for the implementation of the rigthts.
Article 5
Governments should respect the rights and responsibilities of families to direct and guide their children.
Article 6
Children have the right to life. Governments, parents and guardians should ensure that children survive and develop healthily.
Article 7
All children have the right to a legally registered name and nationality.
Article 8
Governments should respect children's right to a name, a nationality and family ties.
Article 9
Children should not be separated from their parents unless it is for their own good. If they are separated, they have the right to stay in contact with both parents.
Article 10
Families who live in different countries should be allowed to move between those countries so that they can stay in contact or get back together as a fammily.
Article 11
Governments should take steps to stop children being taken out of their own country illegally.
Article 12
Children have the right to say what they think should happen, when adults are making decisions that affect them, and to have their opinions taken into account.
Article 13
Children have the right to get and to share information as long as the information is not damaging to them or to orthers.
Article 14
Children have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, subject to appropriate parental guidance.
Article 15
Children have the right to meet with others and to join or form associations.
Article 16
Children have a right to privacy.
The law should protect them from attacks against their way of life, their good name, their families and their homes.
Article 17
Children have the right to reliable infomation from mass media. Television, radio and newspapers should provide information that children can understand, and should not promote materials that could harm children.
Article 18
Both parents share responsibility for bringing up their children, and should always consider what is best for each child. The state shall support parents in child raising.
Article 19
Governments should ensure that children are properly cared for, and protect them from violence, abuse and neglect by their parents or anyone else who looks after them.
Article 20
Children who cannot be looked after by their own family must be looked after properly, by people who respect their religion, culture and language.
Article 21
When children are adopted the first concern must be what is best for them.
Article 22
Children who come into a country as refugees should have the same rights as children born in that country.
Article 23
Children who have any kind of disability should have special care and support so that they can lead full and independent lives.
Article 24
Children have the right to good quality health care and to clean water, nutritious food and a clean environment.
Article 25
Children who are looked after by their local authority rather than their parents should have their situation reviewed regularly.
Article 26
Children have the right to benefit from social security including social insurance.
Article 27
Children have a right to a standard of living that is good enough to meet their physical and mental needs. The Government should help families who cannot afford to provide this.
Article 28
Children have a right to access good quality education. Discipline in schools should respect children's human dignity. Primary education should be free.
Article 29
Education should develop each child's personality and talents to the full. It should encourage children to respect their parents, and their own and other cultures.
Article 30
Children have a right to learn and use the language and customs of their own families, whether these are shared by the majority of people in the country or not.
Article 31
All children have a right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of activities.
Article 32
The Government should protect children from work that is dangerous or might harm their health and their education.
Article 33
The Governments should provide ways of protecting children from dangerous drugs.
Article 34
The Government should protect children from sexual abuse.
Article 35
The Government should make sure that children are not abducted or sold.
Article 36
Children should be protected from any activities that could harm their development.
Article 37
Children in trouble with the law should not be treated cruelly. They should not be put in prison with adluts and should be able to keep in contact with their families.
Article 38
Governments should not allow children to join the army. Children in war zones should recieve special protection.
Article 39
Children who have been neglected or abused should receive special help to restore their self-respect.
Article 40
Children who are accused of breaking the law should receive lagal help. Prison sentences for children should only be for the most serious offences.
For more information, please contact:
UNICEF Myanmar
Child Protection Section
6th Floor, Yangon International Hotel
330 Ahlone Road, Dagon Township, Yangon
Phone: 212086/87/91/92
Department of Social Welfare
64, Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Mayangone Township,
Yangon, Phone: 662590 |
