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Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1959)

  • Declaration of the Rights of the Child poster

    Declaration of the Rights of the Child poster, c. 1959
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1959
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1959
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Event
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  • Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child 1959 (Also known as)

The Declaration of the Rights of the Child set out ten principles related to children's rights. The Declaration was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 November 1959.

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Declaration of the Rights of the Child poster
Title
Declaration of the Rights of the Child poster
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Date
c. 1959

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Sources used to compile this entry: Justice McClellan's speech made at the Association of Children's Welfare Agencies Conference, 15 August 2016, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse website, URL: http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/media-centre/speeches/association-of-children's-welfare-agencies-confere {date accessed 17 August 2016].

Prepared by: Cate O'Neill