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| Primary Document |
| Title: | Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| Alternative Title(s): | CRC |
| Children's Convention | |
| Available From: | http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/crc.htm |
| http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/k2crc.htm | |
| http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/44/a44r025.htm | |
| Conclusion Date: | 1989-11-20 |
| Entry Into Force Date: | 1990-09-02 |
| Description: | This is one of the primary human rights treaties and it focuses on the rights of the child (CRC). The document on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights web site links to status information, declarations and reservations, and to the monitoring body (the Committee on the Rights of the Child). The CRC has two additional optional protocols, one on the involvement of children in armed conflicts and one on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. |
| Legal Citation: | GA res. 44/25, annex, 44 UN GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 167, U.N. Doc. A/44/49 (1989); 1577 UNTS 3; 28 ILM 1456 (1989) |
| Amended By: | Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts |
| Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography | |
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| Keywords: | rights of children |
| Language(s): | Arabic Chinese English Russian |
| Document Creator: | UN General Assembly |
| Site Administrator: | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights |
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