On the same day in 1989, the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the most universally accepted human rights ...

The United Nations (UN) Headquarters Secretariat building in New York City The United Nations (often called the UN) is an organisation that brings countries from all around the world together to ...

These rights are very similar to those in the UNDHR, but also includes children’s right to: The UK Government signed the UNCRC in 1991. In Northern Ireland, the government works with the ...

Incoming PNG representative coaches Tahnee Norris and Jason Demetriou have named their representative sides in their new roles, selecting their squads for the upcoming Prime Minister’s XIII ...

1. States Parties recognize the right of persons with disabilities to an adequate standard of living for themselves and their families, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the ...

Digital media are no longer luxuries, but are rapidly becoming essentials of modern existence – and this applies increasingly in the global South as well as the global North. Faced with the challenge ...

Children often fare the worst when communities face social and environmental changes. The quality of food, water, affection and education that children receive can have major impacts on their ...

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) sets out children’s rights relating to health and education, leisure and play, fair and equal treatment, protection from ...

Australia has committed up to $600 million over a decade to bolster PNG's pitch to secure a team in the competition, with the NRL set to make a final decision in coming weeks. But the ABC revealed ...

The Child Protection Unit reflects the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child’s (UNCRC) principles of survival and development, non-discrimination, child participation, and best interest ...

The Scottish government has incorporated the United Nations Convention of Rights of a Child (UNCRC) into Scots law. Ms Morrison said the UNCRC was clear that restraint and seclusion must only ever ...