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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 series is critical of opposition to the UNCRC, and it champions youth voice in a new way, as described in Article 12 of the Convention. The UN General Assembly adopted the Convention and opened it for signature on 20 November 1989 (the 30th anniversary of its Declaration of the Rights of the Child). This was one of the final projects ...

  4. Child protection - Wikipedia

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    Under Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, a 'child protection system' provides for the protection of children in and out of the home.One of the ways this can be enabled is through the provision of quality education, the fourth of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in addition to other child protection systems.

  5. Timeline of young people's rights in the United Kingdom

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    The timeline of children's rights in the United Kingdom includes a variety of events that are both political and grassroots in nature.. The UK government maintains a position that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is not legally enforceable and is hence 'aspirational' only, although a 2003 ECHR ruling states that, "The human rights of children and the standards ...

  6. Committee on the Rights of the Child - Wikipedia

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    The CRC is one of the ten UN human rights treaty-based bodies. [4] The committee was created by the convention on 27 February 1991. [5] The committee is made up of 18 members from different countries and legal systems who are of 'high moral standing' and experts in the field of human rights.

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

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    It followed the adoption on 20 November 1989 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the United Nations General Assembly. 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".

  8. 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."

  9. 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.