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Convention on the Rights of the Child
Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 2011
United States views on international law (based on the document “Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law”): The Third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, establishing a complaint procedure, was negotiated and finalized in 2011. The United States co-sponsored a resolution at the United Nations General Assembly welcoming the conclusion of the Third Optional Protocol. The resolution was adopted by consensus on December 19, 2011. U.N. Doc. A/RES/66/138.
Definition of Convention on the Rights of the Child (Children's Convention) (adopted 1989; entered into force 1990)
Within the context of international human rights, the following is a brief meaning of convention on the rights of the child (children's convention) (adopted 1989; entered into force 1990): Convention setting forth a full spectrum of civil, cultural, economic, social, and political rights for children.
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Embracing mainstream international law, this section on convention on the rights of the child explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here.
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- International Human Rights
- Children
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Further Reading
- The entry “child, convention on the rights of the” in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law, 2009), Oxford University Press
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