Rights Respecting Schools Articles of the Week;

Linked to Holocaust Memorial Day

Article 2 (no discrimination): The Convention applies to every child, whatever their background, ethnicity, sex, religion etc.

Article 19 (protection from violence): Governments must protect children from bad treatment by anyone who looks after them

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Article 37 (children in detention): No child should be tortured, imprisoned unfairly or treated in a cruel or inhuman way.

Article 38 (protection in war): No child under 15 should join the army and children should be protected in war.