Within the framework of «Americas Children and Youth Day» the IIN presents the Exhibition: «An Album of Rights»

Within the framework of «Americas Children and Youth Day» the IIN presents the Exhibition: «An Album of Rights»

The Inter-American Children´s Institute with the support of the Museo de Arte Precolombino e Indígena (MAPI) presents with pride the Exhibition: «An Album of Rights«, a work made by children and adolescents of the Americas.

This is an exhibition based on the digital project of the same name published by the IIN in 2016, thanks to the curatorial work of the MAPI Children’s Council, it is presented through the different formats, maintaining the original concept of feeling of the children about their rights and their relationship with the adult world.

The participation of the Council represents a historic event in the region strengthening the exercise of the rights of organized groups of civil society.

The educational community of Uruguay represented by 27 schools, participated in this project through an intervention based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in which approximately 600 children participated.

This exhibition commemorating the 92nd Anniversary of the IIN and the celebration of June 9 «Americas Children and Youth Day» is promoted by the diplomatic corps of: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Paraguay, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.

The inauguration will be on Wednesday, June 12, starting at 2:30p.m. at the headquarters of MAPI, Calle 25 de Mayo No. 279, Montevideo, Uruguay.