Northern Uganda presents a situation of extraordinary violation of the rights of children.
And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights.
By ratifying the Convention, governments become legally bound to implement the rights therein.
Here once again education is crucial, it enables children to be become more aware of their rights and to exercise them in a respectful manner which helps them shape their own future.
When the lives and the rights of children are at stake, there must be no silent witnesses.
A century that began with children having virtually no rights is ending with children having the most powerful legal instrument that not only recognizes but protects their human rights.