For every child, every right
The Convention on the Rights of the Child at a crossroads
Thirty years ago, on 20 November 1989, the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In the decades since, the world has achieved historic progress on the well-being of children. The number of children missing out on primary school has been reduced by almost 40 per cent. Three decades ago, polio killed or paralyzed almost 1,000 children daily; today 99 per cent of those cases have been eliminated. New technologies and innovations have made it easier to deliver services to hard-to-reach communities as well as to measure their impact.
And yet, the Convention is at a crossroads.
This report serves as an advocacy tool to both highlight the achievements of the past three decades and generate discussion on the work that lies ahead. It uses the latest available data to shine a spotlight on the issues that need our urgent attention, and it calls for all stakeholders to recommit to the Convention, looking forward to the next 30 years.
