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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