Definition of 'rights of the child' by the CRC
“For the purposes of the present Convention, a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier” (Article 1).
Protected Main Rights
- Non-discrimination (Article 2)
- Well-being of the child (Article 3)
- Evolving capacities of the child (Article 5)
- Right to life and development (Article 6)
- Right to a name and a nationality (Article 7)
- Right to life with the parents (Article 9)
- Right to family reunification (Article 10)
- Freedom of displacement (Article 11)
- Freedom of expression (Article 13)
- Freedom of thought, conscience and religion (Article 14)
- Freedom of association (Article 15)
- Protection of privacy (Article 16)
- Right to information (Article 17)
- Protection against maltreatment (Article 19)
- Right to protection in the absence of family (Article 20)
- Right to adoption (Article 21)
- Rights of a refugee child (Article 22)
- Rights of a disabled child (Article 23)
- Right to health and medical services (Article 24)
- Right to education (Article 28)
- Right to protection against exploitation (Article 32 to 36)
- Prohibition of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (Optional Protocol)
- Prohibition of the participation of children below the age of 18 years to hostilities (Optional Protocol)