@article {Goldhagene000589, author = {Jeffrey Goldhagen and Andrew Clarke and Peter Dixon and Ana Isabel Guerreiro and Gerison Lansdown and Ziba Vaghri}, title = {Thirtieth anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: advancing a child rights-based approach to child health and well-being}, volume = {4}, number = {1}, elocation-id = {e000589}, year = {2020}, doi = {10.1136/bmjpo-2019-000589}, publisher = {BMJ Specialist Journals}, abstract = {Global challenges to children{\textquoteright}s health are rooted in social and environmental determinants. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) articulates the rights required to address these civil-political, social, economic and cultural determinants of child well-being. The principles of child rights{\textemdash}universality, interdependence and accountability{\textemdash}define the tenets of social justice and health equity required to ensure all rights accrue to all children, and the accountability of individuals and organisations (duty-bearers) to ensure these rights are fulfilled. Together, the CRC and child rights principles establish the structure and function of a child rights-based approach (CRBA) to child health and well-being{\textemdash}that provides the strategies and tools to transform child health practice into a rights, justice and equity-based paradigm. The 30th anniversary of the CRC is an opportune time to translate a CRBA to health and well-being into a global practice of paediatrics and child health.}, URL = {https://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000589}, eprint = {https://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000589.full.pdf}, journal = {BMJ Paediatrics Open} }