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Les dix droits principaux

In 1979 in the United States of America, a group of smiling girls embrace. The girls, dressed in traditional costumes of their homelands, are standing outside the United Nations International School in New York City.

1. Le droit d'être protégé contre toute forme de discrimination en raison de sa race, de sa religion, de son origine ou de son sexe

 

 
A schoolboy holds up a placard with his name, Harold, spelt in Arabic during a class at the UNICEF-supported Beni Ouriaghel Primary School in the city of Tangier, capital of the north-western Tangier-Tétouan Region.

2. Le droit d'avoir un nom et une nationalité

 

 
A health worker vaccinates an infant at Redemption Hospital in New Kru Town, a neighbourhood of Monrovia, the capital. UNICEF supports the hospital's breastfeeding, growth monitoring and immunization programmes, and provides staff training, medical equipment and essential drugs and supplies. I

3. Le droit à la santé

 

 
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4. Le droit de recevoir une éducation et une formation

 

 
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5. Le droit d'avoir des loisirs pour jouer et se reposer

 

 
Kate Boyle and Alana Joseph, 10-year-old girls from a New York City primary school, read a 'Go Girls!' pledge medallion that they can sign, supporting education for all, during the 'Girls' Education: The Biggest Lesson Ever' event at UNHQ.

6. Le droit de s'informer, d'exprimer son opinion, de voir celle-ci prise en considération et le droit de se réunir

 

 
Three girls smile while playing with a hula hoop at an adolescent-friendly space at Beitfourik Village, east of the city of Nablus.

7. Le droit à une sphère privée et à une éducation imprégnée d'un esprit d'égalité et de paix

 

 
On 7 February, children walk arm-in-arm at a temporary camp where 18,000 people who have been displaced by the post-election violence have sought refuge, in the town of Eldoret, in Rift Valley Province.

8. Le droit de bénéficier d'une aide immédiate en cas d'urgence et celui d'être protégé contre toute forme de maltraitance

 

 
The embroidered edge of her dress in his mouth, a boy holds his mother's hand as he stands in front of her in the village of Bhaluka, Mymensingh district.

Le droit à une communauté de type familial, à la protection de parents et à un toit sûr

 

 
Monica Muñoz and Luis Alberto Pinilla Rojas, both 14, sit together at poolside during a weekend retreat for disabled children, run by the NGO CIREC (the Colombian Integral Rehabilitation Centre), outside Bogotá, the capital. Monica, from the department of Cauca, lost one foot when her younger cousin brought a grenade home, not knowing its danger. It exploded, killing the cousin and injuring both Monica and her brother Jonathan, both of whom required lower leg amputations. Luis Alberto, from the department of Putamayo, left home at 11 and was rescued from the streets. He says he was born without one foot, but social workers suspect it was amputated following a war-related injury.

10. Le droit de recevoir des soins spécifiques en cas de handicap