Do you want information on what rights and entitlements children have in Ireland? Do you need information on where to go when those rights and entitlements are not respected? The Children’s Rights Alliance has produced a guide on children’s rights and entitlements in plain language.
Know Your Rights Guide
Know Your Rights, originally published in 2019, is a guide for children and young people that explains their rights in Ireland. Written in plain language, it lists all children’s rights and other entitlements, including where to get help when these rights are not respected.
Know Your Rights Online
This is a guide for young people on their European rights to online privacy and safety. We developed this guide with assistance from the Communicating Europe Initiative of the Department of Foreign affairs
Know Your Rights: Education – Guide to Reduced Timetables
When a child is on a reduced timetable, the school and its Board of Management must follow the guidelines published by the Department of Education: ‘The Use of Reduced School Days’. Our guide is a summary of the Guidelines.
Know Your Rights Guide: Translations
Ukrainian and Russian
Our Know Your Rights Guide was updated in 2022, with the support of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to reflect legal developments and address specific questions children, young people and families arriving from Ukraine may have about their rights here in Ireland.
Children in the International Protection System
In 2025, our Know Your Rights Guide is being translated into seven additional languages to better support children and young people in Ireland in the International Protection System.
With the support of Children and Young People’s Services Committees (CYPSC) through the 2024 CYPSC International Protection Fund, the plain-language guide for children and young people on their legal rights and entitlements in Ireland will now answer questions children and young people may have about protecting their rights and where they can find more information, help or support.
Translations Now Available
Know Your Rights: Albanian – Read Now
Know Your Rights: French – Read Now
Know Your Rights: Somali – Read Now
Know Your Rights: Pashto – Read Now
Know Your Rights: Georgian – Read Now
Translations Coming Soon
Know Your Rights: Urdu
Know Your Rights: Arabic