What special rights do children have?

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