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  2. Convention on the Rights of the Child - Wikipedia

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    India ratified UNCRC on 11 December 1992, agreeing in principle to all articles but with certain reservations on issues relating to child labor. [1] In India, there is a law that children under the age of 18 should not work, [citation needed] [contradictory] but there is no outright ban on child labor.

  3. U.S. ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

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    The United States has signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC); however, it remains the only United Nations member state to have not ratified it after Somalia ratified it in 2015. [1] The UNCRC aims to protect and promote the rights of all children around the world.

  4. Children's rights - Wikipedia

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    Children's rights or the rights of children are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors. [1] The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) defines a child as "any human being below the age of eighteen years, unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier."

  5. Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution ...

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    The Protocol requires parties to prohibit the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. Article 2 defines the prohibition: Sale of children – Any act or transaction whereby a child is transferred by any person or group of persons to another for remuneration or any other consideration.

  6. Convention on the Rights of Older Persons - Wikipedia

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    Presently, there is no international legally binding instrument to protect the human rights of older persons. It is, however, been discussed since 2011 by "The Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing for the Purpose of Strengthening the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons" (mostly referred to as the Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing, OEWGA) which was established by United Nations ...

  7. 270 Reasons Women Choose Not To Have Children - The ...

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    The number of childfree women is at a record high: 48 percent of women between the ages of 18 and 44 don’t have kids, according to 2014 Census numbers. The Huffington Post and YouGov asked 124 women why they choose to be childfree.

  8. United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Sale and Sexual ...

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    This international instrument recognizes "that in all countries in the world, there are children living in exceptionally difficult conditions, and that such children need special consideration". By 2000, almost every country in the world had signed up to, and agreed to be bound by, the provisions of the convention.

  9. Pair of Big 12 head coaches rake in big bonuses ahead of ...

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    However, if Arizona State defeats the Cyclones this week, Dillingham will get $395,000 for winning the Big 12 title (10% of his $3.95 million annual pay this season) and another $1.135 million for ...