Does the Convention on the Rights of the Child address responsibilities?

With rights come responsibilities. The Convention outlines the following responsibilities:

• For children and young people: the responsibility to respect the rights of others.
• For parents: to respect and provide for the rights of their children.
• For governments: to support families and to respect and provide for the rights of children through laws, policies and special programs.

An understanding that there are no rights without responsibilities is integral to building human rights communities. Part of the Human Rights in Education Initiative is to involve children and young people from the start, giving them responsibility for a large part of its success.