ويتغلب هذا الاتفاق على الحواجز الدينية والقومية والثقافية القائمة في الكثير من أنحاء العالم.
Article 2 of the Convention obliges States to ensure all the rights under the Convention without discrimination of any kind, and “irrespective of the child's or her or his parent's or legal guardian's race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status”.