Mexico was one of the first countries to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 30 years ago. As the United Nations prepares to commemorate the treaty at the General Assembly in New York this week, RadioLAND reporter Chase DiBenedetto looks at whether Mexico is living up to its commitment when it comes to migrant children making their way from Central America to the United States. 

Guests: Gretchen Kuhner, Catalina López Montero, Helena Olea and Eitan Peled. Reporter: Chase DiBenedetto. Hosts: Alanna Elder and Cameron Oakes. Producer: Alanna Elder. LAND editor: Colleen Connolly.

This episode was recorded on Sept. 19, 2019. Music: Meadow by Density and Time, Fairy Meeting by Emily A. Sprague and Anxious by Sextile (YouTube Audio Library). 

Other sounds courtesy of: 
Washington Week, PBS, June 7, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiTws__J84g
UN Audiovisual Library, UNICEF: Rights of Child Celebration https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/2390/2390457/ and https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/2390/2390536/
Behind the Scenes at the UN General Assembly, published on YouTube Dec. 18, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvKpnRPosek

We Are the Walled: The Rights of Migrant Children in Mexico

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