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Convention on the Rights of the Child

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Presentation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

The International Convention on the Rights of the Child is a treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989.

What is the Convention on the rights of the child ?

  • The meaning of the child and the rights of the children
  • Definition of the Convention
  • Issues of the Convention

The Convention: texts

  • Full text
  • Excerpts
  • Convention adapted for children

History of the Convention

  • Children’s rights history
  • The beginnings of the Convention
  • Adoption of the Convention, 20 november 1989
  • Signatory States and Parties to the Convention

The Committee on the rights of the child

  • The Committee: what it is and how it works
  • Committee’s role and competences
  • Committee’s general observations
  • Committee’s limits

Optional Protocols to the Child’s Rights Convention

  • Optional Protocol to the Convention relating to the Rights of the Child, on the involvement of children in armed conflicts, 2000
  • Optional Protocol to the Child’s Rights Convention, concerning the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, 2000
  • Optional Protocol to the Child’s Rights Convention regarding the complaints procedure before the Committee on the Rights of the Child, 2011.
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    • What is
      the Convention on the Rights of the Child?
    • Definition of
      Children’s Rights
      Definition of the Convention Goals of
      the Convention
    • Convention
      Literature
    • Complete text Selected excerpts For children above the age of 10
    • History of the
      Convention
    • History of
      Children’s Rights
      Founding the Convention Adopting
      the Convention:
      November 20, 1989
      Countries that have signed and ratified
      the convention
    • Committee on the Rights of the Child
    • Founding and Running
      the Committee
      Reports and
      Communications Studies
      General
      Comments and
      Dates for
      General Debatel
      Limits of the Committee
    • Convention
      Protocols
    • Optional Protocol on the
      Involvement of Children in armed conflict, 2000
      Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, 2000 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, 2011
    • Other Texts About Children’s Rights
    • Standards of Reference for Children’s Rights
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