What special rights do children have?
Across
- 4. In 2012 the Irish public voted to change the _________ to include greater protection for children's rights.
- 5. Four special articles of the UNCRC are called this.
- 8. The United Nations adopted the ________ on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1989.
- 10. Developmental rights include the child's rights to play, leisure, culture, education, and freedom of ______.
- 12. Irish law recognises the child's right to have their _____ heard.
- 14. The child's right to have freedom to express their opinion and to have a say in matters affecting their own lives.
Down
- 1. The child's rights to be safe from abuse, neglect, and being taken advantage of.
- 2. Article 3 states that the best _______ of the child must be the most important factor in all actions concerning children.
- 3. The children's rights referendum meant that Irish children were recognised as having ____ citizens rights.
- 6. The child's right to their basic needs and their right to life
- 7. _______ signed the UNCRC in 1992.
- 9. Article 2 says that all rights must be available without __________.
- 11. The UNCRC is a human rights treaty that sets out the rights of ________.
- 13. The UNCRC defines the child as being under _______ years of age.