Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

							Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm
(Copies of the Declaration can be obtained free of charge from the
 United Nations Information Centre, Level 15, 47 York street, Sydney 2000.)

Article 1
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed
with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of
brotherhood.

Article 2
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration,
without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political
or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional
or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it
be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

Article 14
Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from
persecution.
This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-
political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United
Nations.


Convention on the rights of the Child (1989)
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/k2crc.htm

Article 22
1. States Parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure that a child who is seeking
refugee status or who is considered a refugee in accordance with applicable
international or domestic law and procedures shall, whether unaccompanied or
accompanied by his or her parents or by any other person, receive appropriate
protection and humanitarian assistance in the enjoyment of applicable rights set forth
in the present Convention and in other international human rights or humanitarian
instruments to which the said States are Parties.

Article 31
1. States Parties recognize the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play
and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely
in cultural life and the arts.
2. States Parties shall respect and promote the right of the child to participate fully in
cultural and artistic life and shall encourage the provision of appropriate and equal
opportunities for cultural, artistic, recreational and leisure activity.