1989 - The United Nations General Assembly adopts the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and it is opened for signatures and ratification on 20 November 1989, the 30th anniversary of its Declaration of the Rights of the Child. Two boy Scouts and Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Audrey Hepburn help launch the document on the day it is adopted.
The case of Gaskin v UK in the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, has a substantial impact on British law, helping to establish the right for many children to see personal information that is kept about them.
The Children Act 1989 gains Royal Assent. It gives greater emphasis to the views and welfare of children, and transforms centuries of tradition in which children were seen as little more than possessions of their parents. It stands as the piece of legislation that most evokes the spirit of the UNCRC.
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