Tag Archives: Right of the Month

What’s Happening? Monday 3rd to Friday 7th February

January is over and we are quickly moving into February, the days seem to passing in the blink of an eye.

We have lots going on across the whole school as well as in individual classes.


 

 

 

 

February is filling up and we are sure we have lots of activities still to be added.


 

 

 

 

The Menu this week is taken from Week 1.


 

 

 

 

This month we will be focusing on Right 39. 

I have the Right to help if I have been hurt, neglected or badly treated.


Right of the Month

UNCRC Right of the Month – January 2020

Article 30

I have a right to speak my own language and to follow my family’s way of life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article 30 of the UNCRC makes it clear that children and young people who belong to a minority group have the right to share their culture, language and religion with other people in that group.

While most of what Article 30 says is implied by other Articles of the UNCRC, it exists to makes clear that the rights of minority children and young people should not be overlooked by people who think about how to put the Convention into practice. It applies to everyone in Scotland and not just its citizens— so refugees in the process of seeking asylum are covered by it in the same way as everybody else.

What Article 30 doesn’t say

Article 30 doesn’t say that a child or young person’s culture or religion can be used to override their rights as given in the UNCRC. In particular, children and young have the right to be protected from practices that are likely to cause them harm, regardless of whether they are part of their culture.