UN Convention on Children's Rights 1989

The UN Convention on Children’s Rights Act 1989 is an agreement on human rights that clearly states that children are entitled to rights and that governments are obliged to fulfil those rights. The UN Convention on Children’s Rights consists of 54 different articles (statements) detailing how children under the age of 18 years should be treated equally within society, regardless of their race, colour, language, sex, religion, disability, origin, political or other opinion, property, birth or any other status.

Two optional protocols were adopted on 25 May 2000. The first one restricts the involvement of children in military conflicts, and the second one prohibits the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. Both protocols have been ratified by more than 120 states.