UNCRC & UNCRPD

Human rights are the freedoms and protections to which all people are entitled. Learners have specific human rights enshrined by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), including optional protocols. In Wales children’s rights are a fundamental entitlement, not an optional extra. These are enshrined in law through the Rights of the Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure 2011.

It is Mandatory in designing, adopting or implementing a curriculum, section 64 of the Act also places a duty on schools, settings, and providers of EOTAS including PRUs to promote knowledge and understanding of Part 1 of the UNCRC, and of the UNCRPD, among those who provide teaching and learning.

Further guidance on the UNCRC and UNCRPD can be found in the Human rights section of the Framework.

Here is a link to playlists on Hwb to support staff professional learning designed to help you develop understanding of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, how they are linked to Curriculum for Wales and how to incorporate children’s human rights in your work with children and young people.

https://hwb.gov.wales/repository/resource/17c5971b-68d4-4b50-b164-3d57584d9db5