Citizenship Rights&Responsibilities

Citizenship Rights&Responsibilities

1. Rights

   • Everyone is entitled to rights
   • At 14 yrs old you can: enter a bar to buy soft drinks and have a part time job
   • At 16 yrs old you can: buy a lottery ticket, leave school high school after exams, have sex (only with people at least 16years old and who agree to have sex with you) ride a moped and get married with parents consent.
   • At 17 yrs old you can: drive a car
   • At 18 yrs old you can: buy cigarettes, buy alcohol and drink it in public bars, vote in an election, leave home without parent consent, get married without parent consent, rent or bu a house and get morgage, go into a casino, buy fireworkd and stand for parliament as an MP.
   • Rights vary from country to country

2. Responsibilities

   • In school
     • RIGHT: the right to education RESPONSIBILITY: to attend lessons
     • RIGHT: To be taught well by teachers RESPONSIBILITY: to show teachers respect

3. The united nations Convention on the Rights of a Child (UNCRC) say that rights for all children under the age of 18 include:

   • The right to life
   • The right to a name and nationality
   • The right to have their best interests considered in matter that effect them
   • The right to live in a family environment and have contact with both their parents
   • The right to healthcare, education and social security
   • The right to leisure, culture and the arts