He Children’s Day in Mexico is a celebration annual that takes place on April 30. During that anniversary, which in 2024 marks one hundred years since its creation, the little ones are honored and their rights are remembered.
According to the Mexican government website, the date was established in 1924 by the then president, Álvaro Obregón, and his Minister of Education, José Vasconcelos, who accepted and ratified the Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child approved that same year.
Said document “expresses that all people must recognize the right of children to have the necessary means for their developmentto receive special help in times of need, to have priority in relief activities, to enjoy economic freedom and protection from exploitation, and to have access to an education that instills social conscience and a sense of duty,” highlights the Fund for United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
As the Mexican government recognizes in its article, the Geneva Declaration was relevant for the subsequent approval of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959 by the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization and the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989.
The United Nations (UN) points out that Universal Children’s Day is November 20. Likewise, each country can celebrate a national day at other times of the year.
In the case of Mexico, the commemoration takes place at the end of April. According to the Mexican government, “it is a date that invites you to promote the ideals of protection, care and rights of childrenfrom home, school, community, city, country and worldwide.”