We asked students what rights they thought all children around the world should enjoy.
Here is the list they generated:
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS -- RECIPE FOR A GOOD LIFE FOR CHILDREN
An education
No discrimination (we added this later)
Every child who is disabled should have the same rights and treated the same
Clean water and healthy food and shelter
Health care
Good parents
Grow up in a safe environment without war
Play and have fun
Express self and have a voice
No child labor
Be themselves and not hurt
Clothes (privacy and dignity)
No child abuse
Be social
No child soldiers
Children should not traffic or use drugs
Next, we showed them the United Nations' Children's Bill of Rights and asked them to compare the two lists.
United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child
(Plain Language Version)
1. All children have the right to what follows, no matter what their race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, or where they were born or who they were born to.
2. You have the special right to grow up and to develop physically and spiritually in a healthy and normal way, free and with dignity.
3.You have a right to a name and to be a member of a country.
4.You have a right to special care and protection and to good food, housing and medical services.
5. You have the right to special care if handicapped in any way.
6.You have the right to love and understanding, preferably from parents and family, but from the government where these cannot help.
7. You have the right to go to school for free, to play and to have an equal chance to develop yourself and to learn to be responsible and useful.
Your parents have special responsibilities for your education and guidance.
8. You have the right always to be among the first to get help.
9.You have the right to be protected against cruel acts or exploitation, eg you shall not be obliged to do work which hinders your development both physically and mentally.
You should not work before a minimum age and never when that would hinder your health and your moral and physical development.
10. You should be taught peace, understanding, tolerance and friendship among all people.
We asked students what rights they thought all children around the world should enjoy.
Here is the list they generated:
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS -- RECIPE FOR A GOOD LIFE FOR CHILDREN
Next, we showed them the United Nations' Children's Bill of Rights and asked them to compare the two lists.
United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child
(Plain Language Version)
1. All children have the right to what follows, no matter what their race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, or where they were born or who they were born to.
2. You have the special right to grow up and to develop physically and spiritually in a healthy and normal way, free and with dignity.
3.You have a right to a name and to be a member of a country.
4.You have a right to special care and protection and to good food, housing and medical services.
5. You have the right to special care if handicapped in any way.
6.You have the right to love and understanding, preferably from parents and family, but from the government where these cannot help.
7. You have the right to go to school for free, to play and to have an equal chance to develop yourself and to learn to be responsible and useful.
Your parents have special responsibilities for your education and guidance.
8. You have the right always to be among the first to get help.
9.You have the right to be protected against cruel acts or exploitation, eg you shall not be obliged to do work which hinders your development both physically and mentally.
You should not work before a minimum age and never when that would hinder your health and your moral and physical development.
10. You should be taught peace, understanding, tolerance and friendship among all people.