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Aonad 1Resource Sheet 3ASummary of the Convention onthe Rights of the ChildEvery child has the right to life.Every child has the right to a name and a nationality.Children have the right to be with their familyor with those who will care for them best.Children have the right to enough food and clean water.Children have the right to an adequate standard of living.Children have the right to housing and health care.Children with a disability have the right to special care andtraining.Children have the right to play.Children have the right to free education.Children have the right to be kept safe andnot to be hurt or neglected.Children must not be used as cheap workers or as soldiers.Children must be allowed to speak their own languageand practise their own religion and culture.Children have the right to say what they thinkand to meet together to express their views.Source: Lift Off (Copyright 2003, Amnesty International, INTO, UTU)46