Ensuring the Rights of Indigenous Children

This issue of Innocenti Digest dedicates attention to four strategic areas where, according to the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, significant progress can be made in the realisation of the rights of indigenous children to the highest standard of health and nutrition; quality education; effective, culturally sensitive protection and support; and participation in the decisions that affect them. "A child who is healthy and literate, lives in security and is able to express his or her views is a child who not only develops in harmony with his or her community, but also strengthens that community and ensures that it flourishes through social progress and the promotion of respect for human rights..."

Table of Contents

• Editorial
• Introduction
• Understanding Indigenous Children's Rights
  • The Convention on the Rightsof the Child
  • UN system-wide action to safeguard indigenous peoples' rights
  • Individual and collective rights
• The World's Indigenous Peoples
  • Numbers around the world
• When Indigenous Children's Rights are Compromised
  • The right to life, survival and development
  • The right to birth registration, a name and nationality
  • The right to health and health care
  • The right to education
  • The right to protection from abuse, violence and exploitation
  • The impact of armed conflict and civil unrest on indigenous children
• Ensuring the Rights of Indigenous Children
  • The highest standard of health and nutrition
  • Quality education
  • Effective protection and support
  • Child participation in decision-making processes
• National and International Action for Indigenous Children
  • National action
  • International action
• Conclusion
• Links
• Information Sources

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