Every adolescent’s rights as an individual
Updated: 30 September 2022

Manuela Leporesi
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child sets out the rights of children up to the age of 18 years of age.
Adolescents and youth have the right:
• To give their opinions and for others to listen and take them seriously
• To rest and leisure time
• To have a secondary education, including general training and training to get job skills (vocational training)
• To find out about things and share what they think with others, such as by talking, drawing, writing or in any other way, unless it harms or offends other people
• Adolescents and youth have the right to get information from a variety of sources, such as TV, radio, newspapers, books and computers
• Adults should check that the information adolescents and youth access is not harmful
• Adults can help adolescents and youth find and use the information they need
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