Overview
- Observed on November 20, the day is rooted in a 1954 UN resolution and tied to the 1959 Declaration and 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child.
- UNICEF’s 2025 focus invites children to express how they experience their rights daily, elevating participation and voice in public debate.
- The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s 2024 review of Argentina finds about 57% of children live in households unable to meet basic needs and notes cuts to health and education budgets.
- Recommendations to Argentina include keeping the minimum age of criminal responsibility at 16 and sustaining policies such as Plan ENIA and the Asignación Universal por Hijo.
- Schools, NGOs, local governments and families mark the occasion with educational events and widely shared social messages that press for concrete, funded action.