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INTRODUCTION: Around the world today there ar
e laws and agreements that
are meant to uphold the rights of young people.
These include the United Nations
Convention on the
Rights of the Child, as well as the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
RESOURCES: The following resources are organizations, websites and
publications that can help educate young people and adult allies about
what the rights of young people are right now.
Websites and Organizations
Justice for Youth
A youth created, run, and facilitated site dedicated to informing youth
(ages 12-19) about their rights and topics pertaining to them. We hope to
help provide poeple with necessary information to living fully, knowing
their rights, and feeling able and capable of action and change.
The central hub on the internet where youth rights supporters can come and
read the latest news and essays concerning youth rights, meet the people
taking action, and find out what you can do to help. Hasn't been updated in
a while, but still worth looking over.
Human Rights Internet -
Youth Rights
International children's rights info and activism from Human Rights Internet.
Individual States' ACLU youth rights pages
Very informative sites promoting recognition and education about
current youth rights on a per-state basis.
A Scottish network of young people who are fighting for the recognition of
the rights of young people.
One and Four
A new blog by youth rights fighter Alex Koroknay-Palicz. Offers insight,
details, and resources for youth rights advocates.
American Library Association:
Intellectual Freedom for
Young People -
A webpage that includes basic
intellectual freedom principles, links to the fundamental principles
of American and international libraries, and links to pages to help
you understand why censoring the Internet is the same as censoring a
book. Includes hot topics in intellectual freedom and a Q&A section.
KidsSpeak!
- kidSPEAK is about more than talk. Kids have a right to freedom of
speech. In the United States, that right is protected by the First
Amendment, and there are similar protections in other countries. These
rights are not as broad as the rights of adults because they have been
limited by courts in the United States and elsewhere. However, where
these rights exist, kidSPEAK will help kids fight for them.
Publications
Youth
Rights and Responsibilities (pdf)
Published by the N.C. Attorney General's office, this book breaks down every
right and responsibility that state law in N.C. dictates.
Rights and Responsibilities of Youth
United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris Published by UNESCO, 1972
72 pages
Know Your Rights in Georgia
A pamphlet for youth from the Know Your Rights project of Youth
Communication in Metro Atlanta, GA, 2000.
Youth Rights [in
Montreal]
by Shellene Drakes for The Montreal Consortium
for Human Rights Advocacy Training in collaboration with various community
groups to put together a compilation of Quebec laws designed to help young
people know their rights.
Jon Katz, Wired Magazine
The SNAYR is brought to you by
The Freechild Project
in partnership with
National Youth Rights Association
NYRA has been working for more than
five
years to bring young people across the United States a society where
they experience
political, social, and economic, and cultural equality, and where the rights of youth
are equal to those of adults.
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