• non-discrimination (Article 2)
• a name and nationality (Article 7)
• be involved in all decisions concerning them (Article 12)
• freedom of expression (Article 13)
• freedom of thought, conscience and religion (Article 14)
• freedom of association (Article 15)
• privacy (Article 16)
• access to information (Article 17)
• physical integrity- protection from abuse, neglect and exploitation (Article 19)
• school discipline which respects their dignity (Article 28)
• enjoy their culture, religion and use their own language (Article 30)
• legal representation when they are accused of committing criminal acts (Article 40)
  

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• their best interests to be the primary consideration in any decision (Article 3)
• live with their parents (Article 9)
• special protection if they live away from their families (Article 20)
• protection and humanitarian assistance if they are refugees, or seeking refugee status (Article 22)
• periodic review of their care if they live away from home (Article 25)
• be protected from economic exploitation (Article 32)
• be protected from drug misuse (Article 33)
• be protected from sexual exploitation and abuse (Article 34)
• protection from abduction (Article 35)
  torture or other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment (Article 37).
  

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• Special care and assistance if they are disabled to ensure their fullest social integration and individual development (Article 23)
• health care (Article 24)
• social security provision (Article 26)
  an adequate standard of living (Article 27)
• education (articles 28 and 29)
• play and leisure (Article 31)
• separate provision from adults when they are detained or imprisoned (Article 37)
• rehabilitative care when they have been subject to abuse, exploitation, neglect or any other form of cruel, degrading or inhumane treatment (Article 39)
  

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