UNIT 3: RIGHTS AND ACTIVISM This learning unit invites children to reflect on the rights that all children should enjoy and how not having a nationality limits access to rights, against the backdrop of a discussion of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Participants are then urged to educate others on the issues that stateless children face as a first step towards inspiring people to engage with the issue and advocate for change. 2.3 A: RIGHTS FOR ALL CHILDREN The CRC is a specifically designed treaty to protect childhood and contains the rights all children should have including the right to health, education, family life, play and recreation, an adequate standard of living and protection from abuse and harm. As these rights are afforded to all children no matter their nationality status, the CRC can be used to advocate for the right to nationality for every child across the world. Rights for all children introduces children to child rights and invites them to envision a document containing all the rights children should have no matter their nationality status. It also introduces them to the CRC, the most important child rights treaty in the world, and invites them to utilise it to advocate for the rights of stateless children. 2.3 B: STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS Educating others on the difficulties stateless children face is a great way to show support and inspire a great number of people to advocate for the issue. We can all make a difference. Start by educating others! Stand up for your rights is an activism-driven project aiming at empowering participants to engage in human rights activism by designing campaign material to advocate for the rights of stateless children. 40