| Article 2: |
All rights apply to all children without exception. It is the State's
obligation to protect children from any form of discrimination and to take
positive action to promote their rights.
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| Article 3: |
All actions concerning the child shall take full account of his or
her best interest.
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| Article 4: |
The State must do all it can to implement the rights contained in the
Convention.
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| Article 7: |
The child has the right to a name at birth. The child has the right
to acquire a nationality and as far as possible, to know his or her parents
and be cared for by them.
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| Article 8: |
The State has an obligation to protect and if necessary, re-establish
basic aspects of the child's identity. This includes name, nationality
and family ties.
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| Article 9: |
The child has the right to live with his or her parents unless this
is deemed to be incompatible with the child's best interest. The child
also has the right to maintain contact with both parents if separated from
one or both.
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| Article 10: |
Children and their parents have the right to leave any country and
to enter their own for purposes of reunion or the maintenance of the child
parent relationship.
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| Article 12: |
The child has the right to express his or her opinion freely and to
have that opinion taken into account in any matter or procedure affecting
the child.
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| Article 13: |
The child has the right to express his or her views, obtain information,
make ideas or information known, regardless of frontiers.
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