Blue · Voice
Speak
You have the right to be heard, especially when a decision is about you.
A round table. Adults leaning in, not down. A child finishing a sentence. Speaking is not the same as being the loudest. It is the right to have a view, to ask, to refuse, to be given information you can understand, and to have grown-ups take that seriously when they decide things that shape your days.
Every colour is open. Wander wherever you like.
I wonder
There are no wrong answers. Open a question because you are curious.
That listening is what Article 12 is for. You are not decoration in the room.
School, home, the park, the rules. Your ideas belong in those conversations.
Sometimes quiet is peace. Sometimes it is no one making space. You have the right to speak, and the right not to be forced.
Try this
Tell someone a thought you have. Notice whether they listen. If they do not, that tells you about them — not about whether your thought was worth saying.
In the Convention
- Article 12. The right to be heard
- Article 13. Freedom of expression
- Article 15. Meeting with others
- Article 17. Information you can understand
Record a child who learned this
First name and date stay on this device. Use it as a family or classroom book of children learning about their human rights.