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These are the results from a survey investigating individuals’ experiences with, knowledge, and access to child and youth rights in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) and associated inner-city community. The survey focuses on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The UNCRC is significant because it recognizes children as people with rights who play an active role in their own well-being, as opposed to passive objects in need of adult protection. All participants reported that children and youth of all ages had the most access to rest, play, and culture, and the least access to respect for their opinions and views. Only about half the participants believed that most or all rights outlined in the UNCRC were protected in their community, and almost all reported that the COVID-19 pandemic impacted children and youth’s access to those rights.