Act by Right charter: a right review

The five areas of the Convention on the Rights of the Child that are explored in the Act by Right Charter and the key Articles are given below, followed by the articles of the Convention. A blank copy of the Act by Right charter for you to copy and fill in is available for download from here.

a. Everyone under 18: 1

b. Inclusion: 2

c. Adopted children and young people: 21

d. Asylum seekers: 22

e. Disabled children and young people: 23

f. Speaking out and being taken seriously 12

g. Freedom of thought and religion 14

h. Getting and sharing information, 13, 17

i. Privacy: 16

j. Meeting and joining organisations’ meetings, 15

k. Family life: 9–11, 18

l. Protection: 19, 34–36, 39

m. Looked after children and young people: 20, 21, 25

n. Health: 24

o. Money and standard of living: 26, 27

p. Education, training and work: 28-30, 32

q. Play and leisure: 31

r. Drugs: 33

s. In trouble: 37, 40

t. Armed forces: 38

u. Organisations working with children and young people: 3

v. Governments: 4, 42