ICCPR Article 10 · CRC Article 37

A detained child must be treated humanely

If you are detained, you should be separate from adults where required, treated humanely, and given education, family contact and a lawyer.

How you can use it

1. 1Ask to speak to a lawyer and your family.
2. 2Tell a lawyer, doctor or inspector about conditions and whether adults are housed with you.
3. 3Request humane treatment, medical care and legal review.

What a violation looks like

A child is held with adults in cruel conditions, or denied a lawyer or family contact.

Words you can use

“I want a lawyer, family contact, and to be kept apart from adults.”

If speaking is hard, write it, draw it, send a message, or ask a trusted adult to say it with you.