• Article 23: Children with disabilities

  The disabled child has the right to special care and to enjoy a full and decent life and facilitate the child’s active participation in the community.

• Article 27: Adequate standard of living

  The right of every child to a standard of living adequate for the child’s physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development. The parent(s) for the child have the primary responsibility to secure the conditions of living necessary for the child’s development, and States Parties shall take the financial responsibility for the child, both within the State Party and from abroad. In particular, where the person having financial responsibility for the child lives in a State different from that of the child, States Parties shall promote the accession to international agreements or the conclusion of such agreements, as well as the making of other appropriate arrangements.

• Article 32: Child labour

  The right of the child to be protected from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous the child’s education, or to be harmful to the child’s health or physical development.

• Article 21: Adoption

  States Parties that recognize and/or permit the system of adoption shall ensure that the best interests of the adopted child.

• Article 33: Drug abuse

  The right to protection of children from the illicit use of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and to prevent the use of children in the illicit production and trafficking of such substances

• Article 36: Other forms of exploitation

  The right of the child to be protected against all other forms of exploitation prejudicial to any aspects of the child’s welfare.

• Article 28: Right to education

  The right of the child to education, by making primary education compulsory and available free to all, encourage the development of different forms of secondary education, the access of higher education all on the basis of his or her capacity, and to ensure that school discipline is administered in a manner consistent with the child’s human dignity.

• Article 39: Rehabilitation of child victims

  States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to promote physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of a child victi

• Article 17: Access to information

  The right of the child to access to information from a diversity of national and international sources, especially those aimed at the promotion of his or her social, spiritual, moral well-being, physical and mental health.

• Article 5: Parental guidance

  States Parties shall respect the responsibilities and rights of parents and the extended family to provide direction in the exercise by the child of the rights recognized in the present Convention and what is applicable with his or her capabilities.

• Article 34: Sexual exploitation

  The right of the child to be protected from all forms of sexual exploitation.

• Article 16: Right to privacy

  No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, or correspondence, or to unlawful attacks on his or her honour and reputation.

• Article 20: Children deprived of family environment

  Special protection and assistance must be provided by the State to ensure the alternative care for such a child taking into consideration the child’s upbringing and to the child’s ethnic, religious, cultural and linguistic background.

• Article 7: Registration, name, nationality, care

  The child shall have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality and the right to know and be cared for by his or her parents.

• Article 15: Freedom of association

  The right of the child to freedom of association and restrictions may be placed on the exercise of these rights other than those imposed in conformity with the law and which are necessary in the interests of national security or public safety.

• Article 31: Leisure, play, and culture

  The right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational and cultural activities.

• Article 3 : Best Interests of the child

  All actions concerning child and the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration.

  States Parties must undertake to ensure the child such protection and the necessary care as is necessary for his or her well-being in case of absence of the parents’ care.

• Article 11: Kidnapping

  States Parties shall take measures to combat the illicit transfer and non-return of children abroad.

• Article 10: Family reunification

  The right of child and his or her parents to enter or leave a State Party for the purpose of family reunification.

• Article 22: Refugee children

  States Parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure that a refugee child shall receive appropriate protection and humanitarian assistance in the enjoyment of applicable rights set forth in the present Convention.

Vision:
Our vision is a community where marginalized groups, especially children, youths, and women are empowered, protected, and integrated, championing their
rights and fostering their active participation in creating a future defined by equity, opportunity, and justice.

Mission Statement:
Our mission is to uphold human and child rights through empowering and advocating for marginalized children, youths, and women.