Rights of adolescents to be treated fairly and with respect
Updated: 30 September 2022

Manuela Leporesi
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Adolescents and youth have the right:
- To be free from threats and violence in the home, when accessing services and at all other times
- Threats and violence are always wrong, even if the person doing them is a member of the family or a health worker
- Adolescents and youth have the right to live a life without discrimination
- Discrimination is when people are not treated fairly because of their age, gender, ethnicity, where they live, or other factors
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