Convention on the Rights of the Child

10 Principles: All Children Have...

1. The right to affection, love, and understanding.
2. The rights to adequate nutrition, housing and medical care.
3. The right to protection against all forms of neglect, cruelty and exploitation.
4. The right to free education and to full opportunity for play and recreation.
5. The right to a name and nationality.
6. The right to special care, if handicapped.
7. The right to be among the first to receive relief in times of disaster.
8. The right to learn to be a useful member of society and to develop individual abilities.
9. The right to a peaceful world.
10. The right to enjoy these rights, regardless of race, colour, sex, religion, national or social origin.

These rights apply equally to boy and girl children everywhere.