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.