They kick off on Saturday with a six-part English series called A World for Children which talks to child soldiers from Uganda, street children in Brazil, child prostitutes in the Philippines and children growing up in Germany. The programmes will examine who is responsible for protecting their rights. She managed to escape after being seriously wounded in battle. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most widely ratified of all international conventions. Every country in the world has signed up to it, although Somalia and the US have yet to ratify it.
Ratification means the convention has to be incorporated into national law.
Every five years countries have to report to the UN on their progress in enforcing the convention. The convention sets out a series of rights, including the right to good quality education, protection from abuse and healthcare. It outlaws child labour, child trafficking and says children under 15 should not serve as soldiers. Despite widespread ratification, however, much abuse still exists. Unicef says there are three main ways in which the convention could be strengthened.