The Declaration has 54 articles and some are listed below:

1. All children have these rights no matter who they are and where they come from: colour, race, religion, country, disability or gender.

2. All children have the right to food, drink, a home, a family, clothes and be threated respectfully.

3. All children have the right to go to school.

4. All children have the right to play and rest.

5. All children have the right to give their opinion.

6. All children have the right to an identity.

7. All children have the right to join any group which is not harmful.

8. All children have the right for a religion.

9. Children who are adopted, fostered or refugees have the same rights.

10. Adults have to take decisions according to the children’s needs.

11. The government should help all the children especially those in need.

12. All children have the right to know their own rights.

20th November

World Children’s Day is celebrated on 20th November in honour of all the children. It commemorates the Declaration of the Rights of the Child by the United Nations General Assembly on 20th November 1959.

Who is considered a child according to this declaration?

A child is a person that is under the age of 18 years.

Since 2003, Malta has a Commissioner for children who works to protect and promote children’s rights with the participation of children themselves. The current Commissioner is Ms. Pauline Miceli.

World Children's Day

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