Declaration of the Rights of the Child poster, c. 1959
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The Declaration of the Rights of the Child set out ten principles related to children's rights. The Declaration was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 November 1959.
Sources used to compile this entry: Justice McClellan's speech made at the Association of Children's Welfare Agencies Conference, 15 August 2016, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse website, URL: http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/media-centre/speeches/association-of-children's-welfare-agencies-confere {date accessed 17 August 2016].
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Created: 25 August 2009, Last modified: 17 August 2016
Last updated: 18 January 2023
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