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What is Convention on the Rights of the Child

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Handbook of Research on Play Specialism Strategies to Prevent Pediatric Hospitalization Trauma
In 1989, world leaders made a commitment to the world’s children by adopting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child – an international agreement on childhood.
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An Update Proposal for Article 31 of the UN Convention: Play Is a Human Right in All Life Settings
Ilaria Simonelli (Task Force HPH-CA, Italy)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5068-0.ch006
Abstract
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child establishes that play is a human right. What happens when a child is in hospital? Hospitals and healthcare services may not be considered as settings of cultural and artistic life, but they are pivotal for the child's health. And for this reason, Article 31 should be enriched by including them in its definition.
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