UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools - Article of the Month

 Our school assemblies are always linked to our chosen Article of the Month. This helps us to understand what the Article means, and learn how it impacts on our lives as well as on the lives of children around the world. Find out more about these Articles below.

January 2026

January Article of the Month – Protecting your rights

RRS Article 1 - Everyone under the age of 18 has all the rights in the Convention.  

RRS Article 4 - Governments must do all they can to make sure every child can enjoy their rights by creating systems and passing laws that promote and protect children’s rights. 

RRS Article 41 – If a country has laws and standards that go further than the present Convention, then the country must keep these laws. 

December 2026

December Article of the Month – Celebration

RRS Article 14: Children have the right to think and believe what they want, and to practise their religion, as long as they are not stopping other people from enjoying their rights

November 2026

November Article of the Month – Disability Awareness

RRS Article 23 - Every child with a disability should enjoy the best possible life in society. Governments should remove all obstacles for children with disabilities to become independent and to participate actively in the community.

October 2026

October Articles of the Month – No discrimination;  Minority Culture, Language and Religion

RRS Article 2:  The convention applies to every child without discrimination, whatever their ethnicity, gender, religion, language, abilities or any other status, whatever they think or say, whatever their family background

RRS Article 30:  Every child has the right to learn and use the language, customs and religion of their family, whether or not these are shared by the majority of people in the country where they live

September 2026 - 

September Article of the Month – Respect for the Views of the Child

RRS Article 12: Every child has the right to express their views, feelings and wishes in all things affecting them, and to have their views considered and taken seriously