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I have the right to a loving and caring family, a proper
safe and comfortable home, clothing and healthy food.
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I have the right to be told the house rules of where I live.
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As a child, I should not be forced to work.
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I have the right to an education suitable to my aptitudes
and abilities.
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I have the right to a say in my care, and any changes to how
I am cared for, according to my age & maturity.
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I have the right to good health care if I am sick and to be
kept away from cigarettes, alcohol & drugs.
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I have the right to get special care for special needs.
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I have the right to play and to take part in sport with
other children.
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I have the right to be protected from hurt.
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I am a real person and have a right to be treated properly.
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I have the right to be taken seriously and to make mistakes.
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I have the right to my own religion and culture.
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I have a right to my name and my nationality.
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I have the right to be treated the same, no matter what my
colour, race, gender, language or religion.
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I have the right to be proud of my heritage and beliefs.
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I have the right to speak and be heard.
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I have the right to send and receive private mail that is
not read or cut by others.
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I have the right to privacy.
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I have the right to own my own things.
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I have the right to speak and visit in private with my
family or any other person like my big friend, a person
representing me like my social worker or my lawyer.
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I have a right to a lawyer in courtrooms and hearings
affecting my future.
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I have a right to live in a nice place and not be put in
prison or in a police cell.
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I have the right to know what my rights are.
