HIGHLIGHTS OF RESULTS In 2019, UN Human Rights, together with the Committee on the Rights of the Child, celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which recognizes children as their own beings entitled to non-negotiable rights. The Convention protects the rights of all children, everywhere, to be free from discrimination, violence and neglect and empowers them to claim those rights. 3 1 2 “Bringing up children and young people secure in their rights is fundamental to the future of humanity. Thirty years after it was adopted, the Convention on the Rights of the Child continues to be a vital guide for us all.” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet 4 Photo 1: © National Commission on the Rights of the Child, Belgium Photo 2: © National Human Rights Committee, Qatar Photo 3: © Child Rights Connect Photo 4: A group of children meet with then Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar, as the General Assembly adopts the Convention. 20 November 1989, United Nations, New York. © UN Photo Photo 5: © National Commission for the Advancement of Women, Mothers and Children and UNICEF, Lao PDR Photo 6: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, speaks with a child by his side at the high-level commemorative event of the General Assembly on the 30th anniversary of the Convention. 25 September 2019, United Nations, New York. © UN Photo 5 6 UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2019 17