Child rights

A smiling young student holds a small chalkboard in a classroom in Côte d’Ivoire.

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Education

Every child has the right to go to school and learn.

13/08/2019

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore addresses a global summit at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 20 November 2019, joining children and young people the world over in demanding action to protect and promote child rights.

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UNICEF welcomes renewed commitment to child rights, urges all Member States to leave no child behind

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

20/11/2019

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UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore's remarks at World Children's Day 2019

20/11/2019

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Millie Bobby Brown addresses a global summit at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 20 November 2019, joining children and young people the world over in demanding action to protect and promote child rights.

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Remarks by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Millie Bobby Brown at World Children's Day 2019

20/11/2019

On 19 November 2019 in Paris, France, the Panthéon turned blue in honor of World Children's Day

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Iconic landmarks around the world turn blue in symbolic stand for child rights on World Children’s Day

Acropolis, Empire State Building and Al Noor Mosque among buildings lit up as Convention on the Rights of the Child turns 30

20/11/2019

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham addresses a global summit at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 20 November 2019, joining children and young people the world over in demanding action to protect and promote child rights.

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Remarks by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham at World Children's Day 2019

20/11/2019

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Kids takeovers, blue landmarks, it's World Children’s Day!

Highlights from around the world as kids takeover and turn the world blue in support of child rights

20/11/2019

'Floating Dreams' by Rama Masri, 16, in Istanbul, Turkey.

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For every child, answers

30 years of research for children at UNICEF Innocenti

20/11/2019

Press release

UNICEF launches Right Runner game to inspire players to take action on child rights

The game app – launched to commemorate World Children’s Day and 30 years since the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child – is available to download in Apple Store and Google Play

19/11/2019

Press release

30 years of child rights: Historic gains and undeniable achievements, but little progress for the world’s poorest children

Urgent action and a recommitment to child rights needed to address age-old and emerging threats

17/11/2019

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