United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 30 Anniversary Celebration - Express Yourself

Acknowledgements

Ariel Foundation International conducted a Sustainable Development Goals Event for the 30th Anniversary of the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of Children (UNCRC) in November 2019 where young change-makers below the age of 18 participated in ‘Express Yourself Contest’. AFI received an over-whelming participation of global young change-makers worldwide. We give a special thank you AFI Young Ambassadors Ayush Chopra (Canada) and his organization, SDG for Children, Tanya Ken (India), Paisley Elliot (USA), Melissa Lee (Australia) and Ananya Chopra (Canada) for judging the entries. We thank Dr Ariel R King, President and Founder of Ariel Foundation International for promoting the voice of young people globally, Ms Kanika Sahijwani, AFI Ambassador and South Asia Manager, Ms Yamini Choudhary, Volunteer - India and Ms Yashika Thapar, Intern - India for editing and felicitating this publication. We thank all the participants for submitting their entries and propagating the rights of young people worldwide and all the teachers that encouraged them. We also thank Ms Saswati Swain from India, whose winning artwork for UNCRC contest is on the cover of this magazine.

The winners for the contest are:

5-7 Years Category (Video)-Paisley Elliot, USA

8-10 Years Category (Writing)-Chaewon Yoon, India

11-14 Years Category (Art)-Saswati Swain-India

15-17 Years Category (Art)-Gunjan Madan-India

15-17 Years Category (Writing)-H. Fareeha-UAE

Our participants

Name Muhsina Priyal Paavni Bansal Asma Mohd Akbar Kehkashan Fatima Saswati Swain Bareera H. Fareeha Zainab Ikram Amrita Madhav Ananya Aggarwal Nayala Khan Ridiksha Rajput Simran Sethi Roxely Nohemi Castro Hernandez Gunjan Madan Chaewon Yoon Neha Noufal Ronit Mathew Nafida Mariya Tharannum Sumaiya Muhammad Fahad Afraah Muskan Rishita Mittal Aysha Fateena Adya Singh Delaney Buchanan Grezia Montoya Boden Price Mohd Fahim Emily Heidarsson Hamid Tanvir Noelle Flowers Khushi Girdhar

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Country UAE India India UAE UAE India UAE UAE UAE India India India India India

Honduras

India India UAE India UAE UAE UAE UAE UAE UAE Honduras UAE India USA Honduras USA UAE USA UAE USA India

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Netahlia Kreig Anabelle Wyatt Izza Sajjad Holly Shapleigh Fellah Mariam Zander DeJager Bhavishya Singh Emma Johnson Sammie Allen Minori Koyanagi Moussa Camara Riya Miyu Hato Renad Mriga Poddar Meika Samara Sara Tejas Sagoo Sidhak Singh Handa Ananya Sadana Paisley Elliott 11 11 10 11 10 11 12 11 11 9 17 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 10 9 16 6 USA USA UAE USA UAE USA India USA USA Japan Senegal India India India India India India India India India India USA 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 Video entry

Child Rights By Muhsina, UAE, 10 Years

The UN convention consists 41 articles, each of which details different types of rights. And the rights include: a)Survival rights b)Development rights c)Protection rights d)Participation rights

41 ARTICLES-RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

Article 1: Definition of child (under 18 years) Article 2: Freedom from discrimination Article 3: Best interests considered and protected Article 4: States must undertake measures to implement the CRC to the “maximum extent of their available resources” Article 5: Provision of parental guidance and direction in a manner consistent with the child’s evolving capacity Article 6: Life and maximum survival and development Article 7: Name, nationality, and to know and be cared for by parents Article 8: Preservation of identity, name, nationality, and family relations Article 9: Not to be separated from parents without having their views known Article 10: Family reunification: right to enter or leave a country for family reunification Article 11: Combat protection from illicit transfer and non-return of children abroad Article 12: Participation and have views considered Article 13: Freedom of expression Article 14: Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion Article 15: Freedom of association and peaceful assembly Article 16: Protection of privacy Article 17: Right to information Article 18: Parents joint responsibilities assisted by the State Article 19: Protection from all forms of violence Article 20: Special protection for children deprived of their family environment, whether temporary or permanent Article 21: Adoptions only in the best interests of the child Article 22: Protection and humanitarian assistance for refugee children Article 23: Right of disabled child to dignity, self-reliance and the facilitation of active participation in the community: special treatment, education, care Article 24: Provide child with the highest attainable standard of health Article 25: Right of child placed in care to periodic review of their treatment Article 26: Right to benefit from social security Article 27: Right to an adequate standard of living Article 28: Right to education Article 29: Right to education that develops respect for human rights, their identity and democracy Article 30: Right of minority or indigenous children to their culture, language and religion Article 31: Right to leisure and play

Article 32: Right to appropriate working conditions and freedom from hazardous work or economic exploitation Article 33: Protection from drug use, production and trafficking Article 34: Protection from sexual exploitation and abuse Article 35: Protection from abduction, sale, and trafficking for any purpose or in any form Article 36: Protection from all other forms of exploitation Article 37: Protection from torture, degrading treatment, and deprivation of liberty Article 38: Protection for children in armed conflict: no hostilities for child under 15 years old Article 39: Right of rehabilitation and reintegration for mistreated, neglected or exploited child victims Article 40: Rights of the accused child in the criminal justice system Article 41: Protects respect for existing human rights standards ''According to me, these rights are not ranked in order of importance; instead they interact with one another to form one integrated set of rights.''