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 Guiding Principles of the Child’s Rights 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.