THE UNCRC

Convention on the Rights of the Child_ The Children’s version

• Rights are very important. They say what a human is capable of doing and not doing. You have them from birth until death.
• Every child in the world NEEDS to know their rights, they are a set of rules that make people equal.
• The UNCRC stands for United Nations Convention On The Rights Of The Child, they set out all the rights that children have… which is very important.
• You also need to know your rights because you are a human being who deserves respect, dignity and protection.

The ABCDE of rights is created by Unicef and stands for:

• A: Rights are for ALL children. UNIVERSAL
• B: Rights are there at BIRTH. INHERANT
• C: Rights CANNOT be taken away. INALIENABLE
• D: Rights DO NOT have to be earnt. UNCONDITIONAL
• E: All rights are EQUALLY IMPORTANT. INDIVISIBLE

At Port Ellen we are on a Rights Respecting schools journey to gain a Silver award.

Learn more about your rights at Young Scot

We have citizenship groups at Port Ellen to try and make a difference in the community and wider world.  Citizenship is part of our Rights Respecting Schools journey.