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CRC 25th Anniversary
CRC at 25: Education
CRC at 25: Child labor
CRC at 25: Child marriage
CRC at 25: Health
CRC at 25: Children with disabilities
CRC at 25: Equity and non-discrimination
Does the constitution explicitly guarantee equality or non-discrimination across race/ethnicity?
CRC at 25: Leave for infant care
CRC at 25: Poverty
CEDAW & Beijing+20
Article 2:
States Parties shall respect and ensure the rights set forth in the present Convention to each child within their jurisdiction without discrimination of any kind, irrespective of the child’s or his or her parent’s or legal guardian’s race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status.
States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that the child is protected against all forms of discrimination or punishment on the basis of the status, activities, expressed opinions, or beliefs of the child’s parents, legal guardians, or family members.
Fact sheet:
Constitutional rights fact sheet
(PDF)
Protection against discrimination on the basis of disability status fact sheet
(PDF)
Infographic:
Fundamental rights
(PNG)
Constitutional guarantee of equity in education
(PNG)
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