This special issue of the International Journal of Early Childhood (IJEC) recognises the 30th anniversary since the rights of children in international law were acknowledged in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC; United Nations 1989). Since that time, social reform agendas stemming from the Convention have been instrumental in addressing national and international policies in relation to the rights of children and youth. Broadly speaking, the UNCRC addresses children’s interests across “the three Ps”, covering children’s rights to provision, protection and participation. The early years are a “critical period for realizing children’s rights” (United Nations 2006, p. 3). When UNCRC came into force in 1989, the Committee on the Rights of the Child was also established as was required by Article 43. This committee monitors progress on the implementation of the UNCRC and also applies a process by which issues of importance to the recognition of children’s rights are investigated, either as specific provisions identified in UNCRC articles or general problems of implementation. Early childhood organisations and programs catering for children, aged birth to 8 years, at local, state and global levels have become more active in addressing young children’s rights, resulting in recommendations for how adults are expected to engage with young children. In this special issue, a range of articles from across the world are featured that explore how children’s rights have been enacted in early childhood education, and the challenges and opportunities that are afforded to young children and their families within a children’s rights agenda.

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联合国儿童权利公约：“凡在幼儿承认儿童的权利是我们，三个十年......”

国际期刊幼儿教育（IJEC）的这期特刊承认30周年之际，因为在国际法儿童权利的联合国公约都承认儿童权利委员会（儿童权利公约，联合国1989年）。从那时起，源自《公约》的社会改革议程在处理与儿童和青年权利相关的国家和国际政策方面发挥了重要作用。广义上讲，联合国儿童权利公约跨越“三个优先”解决了孩子的兴趣，涵盖儿童权利的规定，保护和参与。早年是“为实现儿童权利的关键时期”（联合国2006年，第3页）。联合国儿童权利公约于 1989 年生效时，还按照第 43 条的要求成立了儿童权利委员会。该委员会负责监测对儿童权利公约的实施进展情况，也适用于由重要性的认识儿童权利的问题进行调查研究的过程，无论是作为联合国儿童权利公约中的文章或实施情况的一般性问题，确定了具体的规定。儿童早期组织和方案迎合儿童，年龄在出生到8年，在地方，国家和全球层面已经成为解决青年儿童权利更加活跃，导致建议成人预期如何与幼儿互动。在这个特殊的问题，一系列来自世界各地的物品特征在于探索如何儿童的权利已经在幼儿教育已经颁布，这是给予幼儿及其家庭的儿童权利议程中所面临的挑战和机遇。