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You can get a job without your parents’ permission as soon as you turn 15. You can work when you are younger than 15 if you and your parents follow certain requirements.
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Every child deserves equal treatment – regardless of their gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion, physical appearance, ability, socio-economic status, nationality, creed, ideology, or other personal identities. Children with disabilities have the right to receive the accommodations they need to thrive. Refugees should ...
Every child has the right to live with their family. The family can be of any structure, but the family should instil a sense of belonging, and provide a loving and nurturing environment. Children and youth deserve to feel an attachment to their caregivers, whomever their caregivers might be. Children should not be separated from their parents unle...
Every child has the right to be alive. Young people deserve the best possible health care, nutritious food, clothing, clean water, electricity, and safe housing. Children should learn good health and hygiene habits in their schools and homes. Children should have their mental, psychological, emotional, and physical health checked regularly, especia...
Every child deserves freedom from abuse. Children should be free from harmful work, drugs, sexual abuse, human trafficking, corporal punishment, emotional and psychological abuse, harmful detention, war, and any other forms of exploitation. Children have the right to seek legal and medical help if they get hurt or abused. They should be free to mak...
Children must be registered when they are born. The national government must recognize a child’s name and national identity, and children must be informed of their identity. Children have a right to receive, access and transmit documents of their own identity. Official records should include their name, place and date of birth, and family relations...
Every child has the right to an education. Primary education should be free. Secondary education should be accessible to every child – every child should receive the highest level of education available to them. Education should prepare children to participate as active citizens, teaching them about responsibility and a sense of community. They sho...
Children have the right to speak, express and share what they learn, think and feel. They may use any means of creative expression available to them unless their expression somehow harms others. Children can determine their thoughts, means of expression, opinions, sociopolitical ideologies, and religious and spiritual beliefs, provided that their t...
Children have the right to transmit and receive information through the internet, radio, phone, television, books and other resources. Adults should ensure that the information children are transmitting and receiving is not harmful. However, they should encourage and teach ways to access and critically process information. Governments should make a...
Every child deserves privacy. The law must protect children’s privacy in all areas, including online. Personal documentation of children should not be published. A child’s family, home, personal communications and reputation should be protected. Victims of abuse should not have their names, faces or information published.
Every child has the right to engage in cultural and creative activities. Children from minority populations have the right to participate in activities that the majority populations of their country do not participate in. Cultural activities and creative works should represent children of all backgrounds. Children should be free from art designed t...
Apr 4, 2016 · A minimum age for employment does not prohibit children from working. By establishing the minimum age of employment at age 15 (or 14 for developing countries), Convention No. 138 allows...
Apr 26, 2023 · Like all other human rights, the right to work is not absolute. Quebec’s ‘Act respecting labour standards strictly regulates this right for children in light of their obligation to attend school, as well as by other measures aimed at protecting them from harm and exploitation.
This toolkit is a resource to better understand a child’s right to publicly-funded education. It offers information related to attending school in Canada, and the pursuit of one’s right to education.
Children have the right to be protected from doing work that is dangerous or bad for their education, health or development. If children work, they have the right to be safe and paid fairly. 33.
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