Article 17 Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
Article 17 Convention on the Rights of the Child States Parties recognize the important function performed by the mass media and shall ensure that the child has access to information and material from a diversity of national and international sources, especially those aimed at the promotion of his or her social, spiritual and moral well-being […]
Article 16 Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
Article 16 Convention on the Rights of the Child 1. No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his or her honour and reputation. 2. The child has the right to the protection of the law against such interference […]
Article 15 Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
Article 15 Convention on the Rights of the Child 1. States Parties recognize the rights of the child to freedom of association and to freedom of peaceful assembly. 2. No restrictions may be placed on the exercise of these rights other than those imposed in conformity with the law and which are necessary in a […]
Article 14 Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
Article 14 Convention on the Rights of the Child 1. States Parties shall respect the right of the child to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. 2. States Parties shall respect the rights and duties of the parents and, when applicable, legal guardians, to provide direction to the child in the exercise of his or […]
Article 13 Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
Article 13 Convention on the Rights of the Child 1. The child shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other […]
Article 12 Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
Article 12 Convention on the Rights of the Child 1. States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with the age and […]
Article 11 Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
Article 11 Convention on the Rights of the Child 1. States Parties shall take measures to combat the illicit transfer and non-return of children abroad. 2. To this end, States Parties shall promote the conclusion of bilateral or multilateral agreements or accession to existing agreements. See also: Article 10 Convention on the Rights of the […]
Article 10 Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
Article 10 Convention on the Rights of the Child 1. In accordance with the obligation of States Parties under article 9, paragraph 1, applications by a child or his or her parents to enter or leave a State Party for the purpose of family reunification shall be dealt with by States Parties in a positive, […]
Article 9 Convention on the Rights of the Child
Article 9 Convention on the Rights of the Child 1. States Parties shall ensure that a child shall not be separated from his or her parents against their will, except when competent authorities subject to judicial review determine, in accordance with applicable law and procedures, that such separation is necessary for the best interests of […]
Article 8 Convention on the Rights of the Child
Article 8 Convention on the Rights of the Child 1. States Parties undertake to respect the right of the child to preserve his or her identity, including nationality, name and family relations as recognized by law without unlawful interference. 2. Where a child is illegally deprived of some or all of the elements of his […]