Today is an important milestone in children’s human rights - the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). This important treaty, adopted by the UN in 1989, marked the first time that children all over the world were given their own set of binding human rights covering every area of their lives; from their right to be free from poverty and their right to education and play, to their right to be free from violence and have their views and opinions taken seriously.
When the UK ratified the treaty, it agreed to guarantee respect for children’s rights regardless of the changing political or economic climate. Over the coming years, the UK government took a number of positive steps to help ensure that this was the case in reality.
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