20 Years - The Convention on the Rights of the Child

Actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan speaks about the right of children to be immunized against polio.

Author and human rights spokesperson Ishmael Beah speaks about the right children have to be protected from the violence and brutality of armed conflict.

Bernt Aasen, UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and Caribbean, talks about how cultural change around human rights has come to the region.

Dr. Abulkalam Abdul Momen, Vice-President of the UNICEF Executive Board and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, talks about changes that have happened in Bangladesh due to the CRC.

Yanghee Lee is the current Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child. She examines how the Convention, since its creation, has adapted itself to new threats facing children and underlines the importance of continued review and evaluation.

Javier Solana is Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy. His essay explores how the EU can implement the ‘Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child’ adopted in 2007.